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Article #5689Re: rechargable battery "memory"
From: Adam Glass
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 1990 16:28
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 1990 16:28
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harry@neuron1.UUCP (Harry Langenbacher) writes: > have "memory", but he said that letting a battery sit around in a > discharged state, or to use them in a nearly discharged state was the > worst thing, so he recommended faithfully keeping them charged up. This is exactly what battery manufacturers say to do. All of my NiCd cells are supposed to be left in a fully charged state between uses. People with SCE cells have an even rougher time, as the cells have to be pulse-charged and meticulously maintained. Such is the price of 1700 mAH sub-C batteries. Adam
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!media-lab!adam From: adam@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam Glass) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: rechargable battery "memory" Message-ID: <3174@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: 17 Aug 90 16:28:23 GMT References: <105@javelina.cs.arizona.edu> <4576@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Reply-To: adam@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Adam Glass) Organization: Carnegie Institute of Technology Lines: 11