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RE: NiMH batteries?
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Sat, 14 Jun 1997 07:45:30 GMT
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killkie <coreyfro@%Spamcake%deepwell.com>
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i'm sure they do, but the memory effect can be fixed and can be used to your
advantage in some cases... you may want to talk to people all a local hobby
store... esp. if they have a track.... i never learned the memory stuff, being
into gas trucks, but i know that there are three and that 2 are benificial...
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From: MAR ERICSON
Sent: Friday, June 13, 1997 3:27 PM
To: killkie
Cc: 'handy board'
Subject: RE: NiMH batteries?
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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