Al salaam a'alaykum Joe

14 Jul 03 02:02, Joe Paulson wrote to All:

 JP>> My daughter was discarding a 5 yr. laptop battery ,12 V.
 JP>> 3000 mAh,with NiMH batteries, G G 22 A R type,made in 
 JP>> Taiwan.Measures 4 " wide, 3/4 " thick, 5 1/2"long,about 
 JP>> 1 3/8 lbs. Not having a laptop,I decided to open it up 
 JP>> to see if any  of the batteries were still good. 

 JP>   I found out later that she was running the laptop on line
 JP>  voltage nearly all the time.I told her that a rechargable
 JP>  battery should be discharged or it would SET at a high
 JP>  voltage point.I told her to run WITHOUT the battery.
 JP>  Since her rechargable loses about 1 % voltage per day,
 JP>  I suggest she leave the battery out and recharge it about
 JP>  once a month or before she needs to go off house voltage. 

I thought the big advantage of NiMH cells was that they _didn't_ develop
that memory....

Regards,
David

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