Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool2.mu.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!tolboel From: tolboel@iesd.auc.dk (Morten Tolboel) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: How to recharge NiCd Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 91 15:18:15 GMT Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk (UseNet News) Distribution: sci Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 30 Can anybody tell me which way is best to recharge NiCd batteries in order to achieve: 1) Fast recharging or 2) Maximum recharging or 3) Long battery lifetime or 4) Any combination of 1), 2) and 3) (constant current/voltage or even some kind of modulated current ?) Please give examples for the following: - 2200 mAh 'C' (baby) (1.2 V) - 1800 mAh 'C' (baby) (1.2 V) - 500 mAh 'AA' (penlight) (1.2 V) What if the battery is not completely "dead" but still have 50% of its power left? -------------------------------------!-------------------------- Morten Tolboel ! JUB TVJOJA MAJD Systems programmer ! all you ruskies ! Institute of electronic systems ! University of Aalborg ! \-/\-/ Denmark (not a suburb of Sweden!) ! < F3 > ! /-\/-\ Mail: tolboel@iesd.auc.dk ! ! PRO REGE ET GREGE -------------------------------------!--------------------------