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The easiest way to do this is with an inexpensive voltmeter available from Radio Shack, Fry's, Amazon, etc. The no-load voltage is only a little different from fully charged to nearly discharged. Depending on the exact battery you are talking about, the fully charged voltage might be about 1.28 or 1.3 volts, with a nearly flat battery reading 1.20 volts. Check your batteries when full and when nearly discharged and you will see the range. A much more crude test is to place the battery in a single cell flashlight and observe the brightness and color of the light.

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