Re: Battery Discharge for 701?

[epbrown@enteract.com (epbrown)]

	I thought that warning was for the dread "Super" Ni-Cad.  I've treated my
NiMH like any other without ill effects.  It seems like any normal one, in
that when I continue working after the low battery warnings until the system
shuts down, then recharge, I get more life when it's completely charged.  When
I recharge without doing this, the battery meter reads a few minutes shorter.
Right now I'm trying to gradually work my batteries back up to their normal
3-hour reading, which is difficult if I have to keep actually running the
batteries down, then waiting for them to recharge.  This is about 5 hours per
cycle, with a 2-minute gain each cycle.  And I'm a 2:48 on one battery, and
2:40 on the other 
On Fri, 27 Sep 1996 13:06:15 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:

"On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, epbrown wrote:
"
"> 	The thread on fuelwin.exe make me wonder, is there a similar
"> program for discharging completely the battery in a 701?  Nothing
"> in the manual about it, but it would come in handy.
"
"I think the 701 manual states that its battery is designed to not need
"a complete discharge, and doing so too often will shorten the life of
"the battery.  If it doesn't say it in there, I heard it from a friend
"of a friend of a 701 engineer.
"
"My experience with my 701 and the NiMH battery indicates it's true.
"--
"John H. Kim
"jokim@mit.edu
"
"

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