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Originally Posted by Aurel
The voltage difference is the ohmic drop caused by the load of all the components connected to the battery. That is normal. The battery draws more current when connected to something than to nothing. The problem is that it draws the voltage lower than what your regulator can regulate, so I would use a regulator with a lower limit, like 10V, if that is possible. You can also double the battery (same model, in parallel), it will decrease your ohmic drop by half.
Aurel
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I think I understand but why is there is no ohmic drop WITHOUT the regulator? Thats whats confusing me. The circuit components can have variable voltages (one is 7-16V, one is 9-24v, and I forget the other but everything seems to work on the 10.7v I am getting, I just have to calibrate outputs accordingly). I might just use it as is with the regulator with 10.7v. That being said, am I correct in assuming that I will have a constant 10.7v as long as the battery can output at least 10.7v?