Date:         Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:19:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Solar Power Charger for Van Camping
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:26 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

>
> Actually that's kind of scary -- why are they saying 20,000
> milliamp-hours when they could say 20 amp-hours the way normal people
> would?  The main page gives me the feeling that they're trying to
> blow smoke somewhere I don't want it.
>

I agree Dave but that seems to be the standard.  I think that it comes from
the rating of smaller camera and phone batteries, what people want to see is
the capacity of the battery expressed in the same terms as the smaller
batteries being replaced or supplemented.  So just simple marketing.  I just
went through this purchasing a battery for a totally non camping related
application, battery was rated at 9,300 MAH when it would make more sense to
call it a 9.3 amp hour battery.