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In article <28472@amdcad.AMD.COM> phil@diablo.amd.com writes:
>
>   Lead-acids seem more difficult and variable and no general solution
>   for fast charging is offered, but they do say the most common charging
>   (as opposed to fast charge) is constant-voltage. 

Question: Are the so-called "gel-cells" the same as lead-acid batteries?  I
have several gel-cells that I picked up cheap at a suplus store several years
ago.  I'm wondering what the effects of leaving them uncharged for long periods
of time are.  I don't have an immediate project in, but figured I would come up
with something eventually (OK, I admit it, I'm a pack-rat and that was all just
a rationalization!  But don't tell my wife that... :-).  Should I occasionally
discharge and charge the cells to keep them in proper working order?
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