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| I'm out of the office starting Mon, 9/25, returning Thurs., 9/28. Call Mike Kaphon 11325 with urgent matters. Thanks. (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Ever wanted to join a robot contest? No events in your area? Give your robot a try at F.IRC. Join the First Internet Robot Contest (F.IRC) for robotics hobbyists around the world. No entrance fee! DATE: Oct 1 – Nov 30 (URL) 20+ attractive prizes: (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: Batteries again, sorry
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| you're almost right. if you plugged a nimh pack into the HB's charge jack, the external pack would charge the internal batteries. but it would not power the board significantly. this is because the HB's charge jack includes a current-limit resistor (...) (26 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| This should be my last question in terms of batteries. Assuming that I have nicads powering the HB, what effect would there be if, when the batteries were getting low, I connected a fully charged battery pack (e.g. containing the nimh cells) into (...) (26 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: Batteries again
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| in theory this can be a problem. in practice, as long as the nicads are occasionally allowed to fully discharge, they'll last for a good long time in fine condition. fred In your message you said: (...) es. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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