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Re: How to dispose of NiCads?

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From: Bob Myers
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?
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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