At 3:56 PM -0700 10/2/01, Michael Dolberry wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>I am in the process of reconditionong the battery on
>my wife's PB 170.
>
>I have deep charged and discharged it several times,
>as recommended.
>
>The last two times the discharge curve has almost been
>identical. It runs down to about 25% after only 6
>minutes and then ramps back up to about 35-40% for
>about 5 minutes more, until finally discharging
>completely after about 35 minutes.
>
>While this explains why the battery goes to sleep
>after about 5 minutes, I wonder if this is a symptom
>of a bad battery or something.
>
>Has anyone else encountered such a thing?
>
Use the 100 series charger which has a discharge cycle in it.
Paul
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