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- From: Mel Walker <mwalker@novell.com>
- Subject: Re: How long should I charge my PB batter?
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:19:35 GMT
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- In article <parkyn.722131265@sfu.ca> Dale Parkyn, parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca
- writes:
- >Ignore the 'experts' who claim to know about 'memory effects' damaging
- >battery... DO NOT drain the battery, by any method, more than the
- >normal PB self-shut-off point. I have seen that done and excessive
- >discharge ruined the battery, would NOT begin to recharge.
-
- Memory effects CAN damage the battery -- IF the battery is in a
- microgravity ultra-low-temperature environment, like a satellite. This
- just proves that a _little_ knowledge is still a dangerous (or
- profitable) thing. :-)
-