On 28/02/2011 20:04, nestamicky wrote:
On 2/28/2011 10:56 AM, Ben Smith wrote:
Battery amnesia (also by Jeremy Kezer) runs in OS9 and has proved
invaluable both to test and to resurrect Pismo batteries in the
past, however it is $10 shareware (I cannot remember the limitations
if it is unregistered, try it and see!)
http://www.kezer.net/shareware/amnesia/
What do you mean "resurrect"?
By using Battery Amnesia you can completely discharge the pack and then
AS SOON as it is flat re-charge it fully, by repeating this 3 or 4 times
you can often recover quite a bit of capacity, (NI-MH cells do exhibit a
degree of "Memory effect" just not to the same degree as the older
Ni-Cad cells), also doing this with a new set of cells will exercise
them and ensure that they give their best.
Ben.
NB
NEVER leave a pack in a discharged state as the cells will grow dendrite
crystals internally that can quickly short the cell rendering it
useless. (these can sometimes be removed by "zapping" them with a large
capacitor, but that is quite another story!)
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