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- From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
- Subject: Re: Need info on rechargable NiCd batteries...
- Message-ID: <BxtE27.82A@chinet.chi.il.us>
- Summary: I think there's something a little sideways here
- Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
- References: <1e4etdINNb5g@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:08:31 GMT
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- In article <1e4etdINNb5g@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> an881@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dick Middaugh) writes:
- >
- >Long ago and far away, NiCad batteries had a "memory effect", and
- >it was important to discharge them fully before recharging them.
- >That is not true of present-day batteries, but the folklore
- >persists.
-
- I think it's more like "Long ago and far away, all consumer rechargeable
- batteries were NiCd ones, subject to a memory effect. Now there are other
- possibilities, and one does well to know what kind of batteries are where".
-
- Steve saj@chinet.chi.il.us
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