A method for determining deterioration of accumulator battery hooked up
with loads in a system based on results of measuring internal resistances
of an accumulator battery, the method comprising the steps of;
predetermining as a specified temperature a temperature at which the
deterioration of the accumulator battery is determined; calculating in
advance temperature correction coefficients of the internal resistances
from changes of the internal resistances depending on temperatures;
predetermining resistance-voltage conversion factors to convert between
the internal resistances at the specified temperature and terminal
discharge voltages of the accumulator battery which are obtained at the
specified temperature under a condition of flowing predetermined
discharge currents from the accumulator battery; measuring the internal
resistances of the accumulator battery and temperature of the accumulator
battery at an internal resistance measurement; converting the measured
internal resistance values into the internal resistance values at the
specified temperature with use of the temperature correction coefficients
of the internal resistances; converting the internal resistance values at
the specified temperature into the terminal discharge voltage values of
the accumulator battery at the specified temperature with use of the
resistance-voltage conversion factors; and determining whether the
accumulator battery is deteriorated or not by means of comparison of the
terminal discharge voltage values of the accumulator battery at the
specified temperature and a predetermined threshold value as a
deterioration judgment standard.