Zenith ?????

From: David H Quackenbush <dhq_at_juno.com>
Date: Wed Jul 30 19:09:02 1997

FYI: ni-cads self discharge so fast that you can almost watch the curve
on an O-scope! I use a strobe from a throw-away camera to blast the
whiskers off my reluctant ni-cads. I've done this for years and it works
most of the time.
Try it! DavidQ.
On Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:55:53 -0700 Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org> writes:
>jpero_at_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.
>
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 30 1997 - 19:09:02 BST

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