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From: adam@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam Glass)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: rechargable battery "memory"
Message-ID: <3174@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 17 Aug 90 16:28:23 GMT
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Reply-To: adam@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Adam Glass)
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harry@neuron1.UUCP (Harry Langenbacher) writes:
> have "memory", but he said that letting a battery sit around in a
> discharged state, or to use them in a nearly discharged state was the
> worst thing, so he recommended faithfully keeping them charged up.

This is exactly what battery manufacturers say to do.  All of my NiCd
cells are supposed to be left in a fully charged state between uses.
People with SCE cells have an even rougher time, as the cells have to
be pulse-charged and meticulously maintained.  Such is the price of
1700 mAH sub-C batteries.

Adam