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RE: NiMH batteries?
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Fri, 13 Jun 1997 22:27:10 GMT
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MAR ERICSON <MAR@avoidspamCOOPER.EDU>
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Does anyone know if NiMH batteries suffer from the memory effect?
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ericson mar
Master of Engineering Candidate
Project: Mobile Robotics
mar@cooper.edu
(212)353-4356
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, killkie wrote:
> for all custom nicad applications, i use radio controlled car batteries.... high amp's... steady charge... great for quick charge... you can even get them matched (which isn't really nessicary for most applications)
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> you can find these batteries in many house hold battery powered tools, dust busters, the like...
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> also... for 20 bucks... for your lap top computer, you can improvise with these... sometimes extending the life of the lap top greatly!!! i have a t1200xe (286)... for half as much money you get just as much, if not more time...
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> also... i got some info from someone here that you can by pass the lead on the handyboard for the motors so you can use an external power source...
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> From: Duncan Orthner
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 1997 4:20 PM
> To: HB Mailing List
> Subject: NiMH batteries?
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> Hi, I just came accross a 7.2volt (6 cell) NiMH battery. I think it's
> from a cell phone. My questions are:
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> 1- can they be low current charged just like nicads?
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> 2- can they deliver gobs o' current like nicads?
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> 3- has anyone used them with a handyboard?
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> I'd really like to use these on my robot due to their small size and
> relatively large capacity.
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> TIA, Duncan
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| for all custom nicad applications, i use radio controlled car batteries.... high amp's... steady charge... great for quick charge... you can even get them matched (which isn't really nessicary for most applications) you can find these batteries in (...) (27 years ago, 11-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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