Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!nstar!jackw From: jackw@nstar.rn.com (Jack Wiggins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Batteries Message-ID: Date: 4 Apr 91 06:13:04 GMT References: <46Gdxpf1@cs.psu.edu> Sender: bbs@nstar.rn.com (BBS Account) Organization: Indiana's Public Access Unix Site 219-289-0287 Lines: 17 Not to answer all of your questions but YES! If you discharge your battery too fast, you can risk fire, explosion and destroying your battery at the least! The fuel guage doesn't look at the battery itself because the NiCad battery doesn't change voltage much as it discharges until right at the end. The gauge keeps track of how long your machine has been operating and WHAT was operating on it. This way, you have some idea of how much power has been used. You can reset it because that reading is only aproximate and batteries have different capacities anyway. By the way, even a small NiCad battery pack is capable of putting several hundred amps into a short circuit. Don't get burnt! -- Jack Wiggins NSTAR conferencing site 219-289-0287 internet: jackw@nstar.rn.com 1300 newsgroups - 8 inbound lines uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!jackw 99 file areas - 4300 megabytes --- backbone news & mail feeds available - contact larry@nstar.rn.com ---