Agreed David. However, the best time to charge and discharge fully to give you the longest life of a nickle metal hydride or NiCad battery is the very first time it is used. This applies to cell phone batteries as well. Lithium Ion batteries (newer technology) don't require or need this. Hope Harry found one to borrow. Have a good week,
Jeff Slyn, Owner SLYN Systems & Peripherals (502) 426-5469 serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:58:20 -0500 David Dudine <ddudine at psci.net> writes: > Harry, > > On the battery portion of your problem: > > Certain rechargeable batteries, such as nickel-cadmium types, do > need to be > charged and discharged by using them to achieve full life. Letting > them sit > can muck up the chemical reaction. Capacitors also should be > "exercised", > and there may be one of those in your computer's charging system > that has > gone bad. I don't know about that. > > Try to find a charger to use that tests the health of the battery-- > if it > will take a charge and what percentage of its full charge it will > take. > This will probably be an expensive unit, if you can borrow one. You > might > need a charger, or you might really need a battery. No use buying > the wrong > one because you don't know the status of your battery. > > David Dudine > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
