Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!ark From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: batteries Message-ID: <4547@alice.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 11:13:40 EST Article-I.D.: alice.4547 Posted: Mon Nov 11 11:13:40 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Nov-85 04:49:11 EST References: <486@harvard.ARPA> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 12 > I dump nicads every two years. I don't know how many times I have > recharged my nicads, but have noticed that some time after two years > they stop holding their charge. So, I throw them out and buy new ones > on my birthdays that occur during even years. Nicads will last much longer if you: (a) allow them to discharge almost (but not quite) completely before recharging them. (b) deliberately discharge them almost (but not quite) completely every three months and then recharge them.