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From: tag@garfield.UUCP (Terry Greening)
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Subject: lifetime of rechargeable batteries
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 14:33:55 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 14:33:55 1984
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Organization: Memorial U. of Nfld. C.S. Dept., St. John's
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[gobble gobble munch munch]

        I have recently bought a set of GE size  'D' rechargeable
batteries  and  have had to recharge them twice in the past month
and a half.  When I first bought them, I charged  them  up,  used
them  in  my  flashlight for probably less than an hour, and they
died.  I figured that it was because they were new so I recharged
them.   I  then "tested" them a few times over the next few weeks
and they seemed to be doing good.  Last night, I left the  flash-
light  out in the cold for a few hours and when I went to use it,
the batteries were just about dead.  I wonder  if  the  cold  has
this effect on the batteries or do Ni-cad batteries die this fast
anyways.  By the way, I also have a set of 'AA' batteries by  Ra-
dio  Shack  which  I  am not totally satisfied with.  A friend of
mine says that she has to recharge her GE 'AA'  batteries,  which
she uses in her walkman, every night.
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Terry Greening
{akgua, allegra, dalcs!dreacad, ihnp4, utcsrgv}!garfield!tag
Memorial University of Newfoundland