Tom P wrote:
>
> >Tom P wrote:
> >>
> >> >Brandy wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Which Duo are you talking about? I must have missed
> >>something! 2XX, 2300,
> >> >> 2400????
> >> >> Brandy
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >The batteries are for my 280c. I went ahead and got it at frys, and am
> >> >now regreting it. It's got memory effect like i've never seen. I'm gonna
> >> >run it through 5-6 more cycles to try to get the voltage low enough to
> >> >kill the memory effect, before I make the drive back and get another
> >> >one.
> >>
> >> Whats a really good way to drain the a battery ? I have tried
> >> reconditioning, followed by fully chargin then using Battery Amnesia,
> >> but I am not really getting anywhere.
> >>
> >> Mad Dog
> >>
> >
> >I use a 12v fan out of a power supply, connected to my Digital
> >Multi-Meter and then connected to the battery. It drains the battery in
> >about 1-2 hours.
>
> Which battery leads do you connect to ? And why are there 4 leads on
> a battery ?
There are five. The two outermost are positive and negitive (if the
leads are on the left hand side, facing them, it is positive on the left
and negitive on the right).
Bottom of battery
+-----------------------------+
| + 0 0 0 - |
+-----------------------------+
The three in the middle are the control lines for the voltage and
temprature sensors.
--
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"Exactly what you think we're doing."
-Azaka and Kamidake, Tenci Muyo OVA.
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