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Article #6919Re: How to dispose of NiCads?
From: Bob Myers
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:49
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:49
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> >:
> >:Intentionally discharging nicads to avoid "memory" is a waste of both time
> >:and cells.
> >:
>
> But my latest Motorolla flip phone contains instructions telling me to
> periodically fully discharge the nicad batterys in order to keep their
> capacity from diminishing.
>
> Maybe you should talk with your battery folks and decide on a consistant
> story....
>
Actually, I was they one who originally wrote the above, and as you can see,
I'm not from Motorola. I still stand by the original statement, for reasons
presented ad nauseum in other postings.
Bob Myers | "Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but
myers@fc.hp.com | most of the time he will pick himself up and continue."
| - Winston Churchill
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From: myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:49:10 GMT Subject: Re: How to dispose of NiCads? Message-ID: <7480109@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!hplextra!hpfcso!myers Newsgroups: sci.electronics References: <1992Jul27.161240.4905@nynexst.com> Lines: 21