From: Nathan Turnage (nturnage_at_andadv.com)
Date: Thu Mar 20 2003 - 10:27:43 PST
Ed Kummel wrote:
> The number one killer of rechargeable batteries is
> heat.
True.
> Armed with this knowledge, if you trickle charge a
> battery only when it is dead, the battery will last
> longer than one that is fast charged on a regular
> basis.
True.
When I ran R/C cars, we would chill our NiCads before, during, and after
charging them. Our cars ran faster, longer, more reliably. When the
batteries ran down, we discharged them to 0, and cycled them regularly.
It was a *major* pain in the arse. NiCads suck FWIW.
-Nate
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