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From: mike@abekrd.co.uk (Mike Quinn)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: NiCd behavior
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.153844.2955@abekrd.co.uk>
Date: 21 Jun 91 15:38:44 GMT
References: <1991Jun15.023737.2673@mccc.edu> <17660174@hpfcrlm.HP.COM>
Organization: Abekas Video Systems, Reading, UK.
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In <17660174@hpfcrlm.HP.COM> myers@hpfcrlm.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes:

>The real lesson to be learned here, though, is that such intentional
>discharging is completely unnecessary - there is NO reason to be concerned
>about "memory" in NiCd cells/batteries.  For all practical purposes, it
>doesn't exist.  It's a myth.  A phantom.  A falsehood.  A misconception.
>(Get the point yet? :-))  What has been mistakenly labelled "memory" in
>consumer electronic application is almost without exception actually a
>phenomenon called "voltage depression" which results from improper or
>excessive CHARGING, *not* from anything having to do with how the cell is
>discharged.

Okay, I'm a consumer I spent $50 (35 UK Pounds) on a consumer NiCad pack for
my camcorder. Originally it gave me 40 minutes recording time, but now it's
down to 15 minutes and falling fast.

What do I have to do to get back to 40 or so minutes? Or do I just throw
away $50? To me that's a lot of money and I'd like to get proper use.

If you can be fairly specific (remeber I'm a peasant consumer, not an
electrical engineer), I would be grateful. I could manage with a circuit
diagram and a list of parts or even a Radio Shack part no.

Sorry to go on, but my system says I must post more than I include ;-(

Mike Quinn.		    Abekas Video Systems Ltd. Reading. United Kingdom.
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