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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: How full is a nicad
- Message-ID: <BzD705.C94@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:21:37 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.103954.6299@quando.quantum.de>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <1992Dec15.103954.6299@quando.quantum.de> henigan@quando.quantum.de (Kevin Henigan) writes:
- >I believe you can tell how full a nicad is from it's Voltage...
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- No, you can't. This is one of the fun problems of building a NiCd charger.
- The output-voltage curve of a NiCd is essentially flat from pretty nearly
- full charge to pretty nearly empty.
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