Re: [altusmetrum] Battery care and maintenance

2015-09-03 Thread Max McHatton
I take my dead batteries to Batteries Plus+ -Original Message- From: altusmetrum [mailto:altusmetrum-boun...@lists.gag.com] On Behalf Of David Carter Sent: September 01, 2015 07:32 To: Altus Metrum <altusmetrum@lists.gag.com> Subject: Re: [altusmetrum] Battery care and maint

Re: [altusmetrum] Battery care and maintenance

2015-09-02 Thread Keith Packard
David Carter writes: > 1. Is it normal for a battery to fail after being fully and completely > discharged, or do I have a bad battery? With the batteries we provide, most definitely yes. Usually, a lithium polymer cell is protected from overdischarge by the equipment

Re: [altusmetrum] Battery care and maintenance

2015-09-01 Thread David Carter
Follow up: What’s a safe disposal method for a dead battery? :) Dave > On Sep 1, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Kieran Sullivan wrote: > > The battery is a single cell LiPo battery with all protection circuitry > removed. That means you have to make sure you do not discharge it

Re: [altusmetrum] Battery care and maintenance

2015-09-01 Thread Steven Saner
On 09/01/2015 09:59 AM, Kurt wrote: > I used to take mine to Radio Shack but don't know what will happen if > all the franchises go belly-up with their corporate financial problems. > Good question. Any other places? I have some SLA's I'd like to dispose > of properly. I have a large capacity

Re: [altusmetrum] Battery care and maintenance

2015-09-01 Thread Kurt
From: David Carter <dcar...@entertain-me.com> To: Altus Metrum <altusmetrum@lists.gag.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [altusmetrum] Battery care and maintenance Snip for brevity's sake, > > So, if you drain the battery below abo

Re: [altusmetrum] Battery care and maintenance

2015-09-01 Thread Kieran Sullivan
The battery is a single cell LiPo battery with all protection circuitry removed. That means you have to make sure you do not discharge it bellow 3.3V (best not go below 3.6V). The charge circuitry should make sure that the battery does not go above 4.2V while charging either - but that’s

Re: [altusmetrum] Battery care and maintenance

2015-09-01 Thread Bdale Garbee
David Carter writes: > Follow up: What’s a safe disposal method for a dead battery? :) Check your local yellow pages for shops that specialize in selling batteries, most in my experience will accept dead batteries of any chemistry for recycle and/or disposal. Bdale