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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: How full is a nicad
- Message-ID: <BzJFsH.4G4@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 03:17:03 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.103954.6299@quando.quantum.de> <BzD705.C94@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Dec19.230112.8340@klic.rain.com>
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- In article <1992Dec19.230112.8340@klic.rain.com> keithl@klic.rain.com (Keith Lofstrom) writes:
- >>The output-voltage curve of a NiCd is essentially flat from pretty nearly
- >>full charge to pretty nearly empty.
- >
- >There are many applications where knowing the charge on the battery is
- >crucial. Given my rudimentary knowledge of electrochemistry, it would
- >seem that one could provide a third electrode on a battery, of some other
- >materials than the main electrodes, designed to indicate the balance of
- >electrolytes in the cell...
-
- If you're willing to tinker with the battery design, then you can get a
- binary version of this easily enough: both the temperature and the
- internal pressure of a NiCd rise sharply when overcharging begins.
- Premium-market NiCd systems often use cells with temperature or pressure
- sensors built in.
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- -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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