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From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: lifetime of rechargeable batteries
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Date: Sat, 22-Dec-84 13:18:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 22 13:18:00 1984
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Nf-From: trsvax!mikey    Dec 22 12:18:00 1984



When people refer to charging standard cells, they are just breaking
up the internal gas bubbles to lower the cells internal resistance, 
they are not recharging anything.  This works to a small extent on
cheap carbon zinc cells but can be disasterous on alkaline cells.
The cheaper the battery, the better the "charging" usually works.

mikey at trsvax