Recommended · for some experience
Dummy load in a bucket
Why people recommend it
Builds a cheap high-power dummy load from enamelled copper wire submerged in a bucket of water; people have copied it for battery and supply testing.
Watch for: insulate submerged solder joints
In their words
He's made a video about a similar setup here:
grahamparks on electronics.stackexchange.com, Jul 2016. CC BY-SA.
I like the bucket of water and wire solution.
helloworld922 on electronics.stackexchange.com, Sept 2015. CC BY-SA.
I have used this method several times without problems after being inspired by a certain YouTube video from the channel mikeselectricstuff.
jms on electronics.stackexchange.com, Dec 2015. CC BY-SA.
