30 Jul
1997
30 Jul
'97
10:55 a.m.
jpero(a)mail.cgo.wave.ca wrote:
I think these NiCd's hates to be in discharged
state for long time,
my working LTE 386s/20's 3 yr old battery shorted in short order in 2
month storage after long active use periodically through 3 years.
Yeech. After rebuilding that battery with exact cells, worked in fast
charge just once, after that I can't get fast charge from it, now
While perhaps a bit off topic, there are ICs available that can recover
bad Nicad batteries. Basically they pulse the battery with high current
for a brief time (milliseconds), wait, monitor the voltage, and repeat.
I've been thinking about building one since it seems like it would be a
very good addition to the bench.