I purchased some NiMH batteries from AliExpress and they turned out to have an extreemly low capacity if they worked at all.
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They were advertised as 3600mAh and it was lucky if they tested at more than 100mAh. Testing had to be done at a discharge of 0.1A as anything more than this the internal resistance would make the voltage drop below the discharge point within a couple of seconds.
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The lack of weight tipped me off that they were probably fake. These averaged out at 13.9g compared to 26.3g for a 1700mAh digitor, 27g for 2400mAh Aldi Activ Energy, 27.5g for a 2500mAh Varta, 27.5g for an Amazon EBL 2800mAh battery.
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