Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass From: parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.physics Subject: Re: lifetime of rechargeable batteries Message-ID: <392@ihu1h.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Nov-84 08:29:56 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1h.392 Posted: Tue Nov 6 08:29:56 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Nov-84 08:12:40 EST References: <1789@garfield.UUCP>, <488@aluxe.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 21 There are differences among brands of NiCd batteries, for instance: -The Radio Shack AA NiCd batteries are marked as having a capacity of 450 milliampere-hours. -The GE AA NiCd batteries are marked as having a capacity of 500 milliampere-hours. Also, some brands cannot be fast charged, due to the inability of the cell structure to withstand the high temperatures and pressures developed during fast charge. Although they have 10% less capacity, the Radio Shack batteries are usually a few dollars cheaper. I've used both with good success (although Radio Shack once had a bad batch of AA NiCd's). -- =============================================================================== Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414