Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site trsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!trsvax!mikey From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: lifetime of rechargeable batteries Message-ID: <70900022@trsvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Dec-84 13:18:00 EST Article-I.D.: trsvax.70900022 Posted: Sat Dec 22 13:18:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Dec-84 03:51:20 EST References: <1789@garfield.UUCP> Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:garfield:-178900:trsvax:70900022:000:356 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