Re: How full is a nicad

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:21

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In article <1992Dec15.103954.6299@quando.quantum.de> henigan@quando.quantum.de (Kevin Henigan) writes:
>I believe you can tell how full a nicad is from it's Voltage...

No, you can't.  This is one of the fun problems of building a NiCd charger.
The output-voltage curve of a NiCd is essentially flat from pretty nearly
full charge to pretty nearly empty.
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       -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry

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