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- Subject: Re: Looking for battery PB discharger
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- From: zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Gregory Talmo)
- Date: 6 Jan 93 08:19:58 -0600
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- In article <1993Jan4.212139.5593@linus.mitre.org>, dsb@mbunix.mitre.org
- wrote:
- >
- > Has anyone seen a battery discharger/recharger in the adds??? The powerbook
- > battery suffers from the NiCad "Memory" effect. The powerbook only allows the
- > battery to discharge about 50%, then after one or two discarge/charge cycles
- > the battery "forgetts" it is supposed to be a three hour battery and becoms a 1
- > 1/2 hour battery. I have seen a device advertised in, I believe. MacWeek, that
- > both discharges to zero and recharges the battery, but, I don't remember
- > exactly when or where.
-
- The "Memory Effect" is most likely a myth for PB batteries. But Lind
- Electronic Designs makes a charger/discharger that works slick (I've got
- one). One of the big mail-order firms should carry it.
-
- - Greg Talmo (zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu)
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