Another good way to handle this might be a single 1157 automotive light bulb with a couple of wires and alligator clips wired to it. You'll also need a battery holder of course. Wit the RC cars some guys used about a dozen 1157s wired together. Paul On Jul 25, 2006, at 9:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> When my son and I were racing electric radio control cars, I made a > discharge unit that was basically a dead short with resistors in > between the contacts. Worked fine. I had it set up to discharge at a > very high rate to mimic the way the car's motor discharged. (It was > about 1 ohm resistance.) I would think that a dead short with > something like 20 ohms resistance wired in between would provide a > nice discharge for the NIMH batteries. > Paul > On Jul 25, 2006, at 7:07 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > >> On 7/25/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Obviously these batteries aren't holding a full charge. I know >>> that cycling >>> batteries (drain, charge, drain, charge, etc) is supposed to help >>> NiMH >>> batteries regain their former capacity, but I haven't any ideas >>> how to drain >>> the batteries in a relatively short period of time. >>> >>> I suppose I could stick them in a flash and repeatedly hit the >>> test button over >>> and over until there's nothing left, but I've got a feeling this >>> wouldn't be >>> good for the flash tube. >>> >>> Does anyone have any ideas for discharging AA batteries? >>> >>> Or, should I just bite the bullet and buy all new sets? >>> >> >> I had the same problem recently. Cheap flashlights are notorious for >> quickly draining batteries. I loaded up a couple of AA flashlights, >> turned them on and walked away. The whole experiment was a big >> failure and I saw very little, if any, improvement. Just get some >> new >> batteries. >> >> >> -- >> Scott Loveless >> http://www.twosixteen.com >> Shoot more film! >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
