Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:13:03 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Homebrew battery packs
> >I think NICAD batteries need something more complex than just a power source >to finish charging... NICAD rechargers are cheap, and the capacity of D >cells are very good... And batteries plus will weld up a custom pack at quite a reasonable price. Nicads need a constant current source. If you want to charge quickly, you need to watch the pack voltage, and terminate fast charge when the voltage curve flattens out. Then you go to slow charge, but even then, you can't let that run forever, or you get into voltage depression. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
