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- From: beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
- Subject: Re: Battery drain device
- Message-ID: <Bz9q46.Gz8@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 21:24:05 GMT
- References: <JEW.92Nov24141428@venus.venus.sunquest.com>
- Sender: news@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Netnews Admin)
- Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Canada
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- Save the resistor....
-
- You just need to be sure your batteries are the lowest possible before
- recharging them. Batteries have a memory. If you charge them when
- at 25% empty, they will fill to 25% (approximate figures: if the batteries
- are not low, they wont charge to maximum; the next time, they will charge
- less, and so on). So, just use your own computer instead of a resistor.
-
-
-
- In article <JEW.92Nov24141428@venus.venus.sunquest.com> jew@venus.sunquest.com (Ward... James Ward) writes:
- >My friend told me a good trick that I thought I'd pass along. My
- >Toshiba 1200 battery packs were lasting about ten minutes after an 8
- >hour charge. I asked my friend (who I bought the Toshiba from) what
- >to do. He said:
- >
- >Go down to Radio Shack and by a big resistor.
- >Strap it across the battery conectors.
- >Wait eight hours.
- >Charge the battery.
- >
- >I'm here to say it works. I didn't know what size to get, so I just
- >bought one that looked like it would sit on the connectors. Now I
- >have some useful battery packs again!
- >--
- >jew@sunquest.com
- >
-
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