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hi dennis,
well, it's just a plain C/10 charge circuit. but i was under the
impression that nicad's aren't damaged by that. it's possible i'm
wrong :-).
any other battery experts out there?
fred
In your message you said:
> In lugnet.robotics.handyboard, Fred G. Martin writes:
> > no i disagree with this answer. the HB is designed to be left on
> > normal charge indefinitely. the batts can get a little warm. if they
> > are hot then something is wrong, but a little warm is nothing to worry
> > about.
>
> I was guessing here - most chargers don't check for peak charge, since I
> didn't know if the Handiboard charger did or didn't... If the charger has a
> trickle charge of more than C/50 or C/100 then NiCds will be damaged eventual • ly
> on a long-term charger, but, like I said, I was guessing about the charger
> circuit on the H-board, there are some pretty smart NiCd peak-charger chips o • ut
> there.
>
> YMMV,
> DLC
>
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| (...) Hi Fred, I don't claim to be an expert on these, but what I have read leads me to believe that this may damage the cells if left on too long. For common NiCds (800mah AA' for instance) C/10 should really be considered a fast charge and not a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) I was guessing here - most chargers don't check for peak charge, since I didn't know if the Handiboard charger did or didn't... If the charger has a trickle charge of more than C/50 or C/100 then NiCds will be damaged eventually on a long-term (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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