On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Owen G. Emry wrote:
[...]
> And just to preempt the inevitable comment about so-called "charge memory",
> there really is no such thing in any sort of practical consumer
> application. This "memory" phenomenon was documented by NASA in satellite
> systems only when batteries were repeatedly discharged to the _exact_ same
> level. Varying the charge level even slightly restores battery capacity to
> nominal levels within a few charge cycles.
Call it what you want, maybe it's not called "memory", but there is no
denying that as rechargeables get older, they don't hold a charge as much.
I think this is what people mean when they say "memory", even if that's
not the correct term. This behavior is observed through experience, not
necessarily lab tests.
[...]
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