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(OT) Is this true ; or make any sense??
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Thanks for the tip!! Hopefully my light bulb test will work : / Ken R.
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From: Allyn=20
To: Kenneth & Georgianna Robinson ; Scirocco List=20
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: (OT) Is this true ; or make any sense??
memory makes the battery produce a sort of internal resistance. =
put it in the camcorder and it seems dead (just like a faulty ground =
cable on our roccos). put it in the charger, and it think its done in =
minutes (again, due to this resistance, dropping voltage, ending up with =
the outward appearance of a fully charged battery (as far the the =
charger can tell, from the outside)).
you need to fully discharge the battery (light bulb) for abt 6 =
hours (even if the bulb is hardly lit), then fully charge it (slowly, =
not the quick charger, if its an 8 hr slow charger, leave it for 24 hrs =
so the cells equalize), then do the light bulb thing again (abt 3 hrs =
past where it gets dim), and charge it one last time (slow, again, 24 =
hrs). this will attempt to get rid of the memory in nicd batteries.
if the batteries are very old, it may just be their time to go, =
especially if they are nicd.
the old light bulb trick comes from the r/c car days, people would =
fully discharge their packs with the same light bulb type things after =
each run.
HTH
Al
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From: Kenneth & Georgianna Robinson=20
To: Scirocco List=20
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 9:09 PM
Subject: (OT) Is this true ; or make any sense??
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Kenneth & Georgianna Robinson=20
Subject: (OT) Is this true ; or make any sense??
Someone told me awhile ago,that if your camcorder battery won't take =
a charge anymore(develops a memory--???); that you need to put some kind =
of light with wires across the contact/charging terminals of the batt.If =
the light is connected right,the light will light up,and when it goes =
out completely you are supposed to be able to charge it up again.Has =
anyone heard of this before??? My batt. is undergoing this right =
now.I'll find out tomorrow if this works.Ken R.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for the tip!! Hopefully my light =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dkrobins2@twcny.rr.com=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: (OT) Is this true =
; or make=20
any sense??</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> memory makes the =
battery=20
produce a sort of internal resistance. put it in the camcorder and it =
seems=20
dead (just like a faulty ground cable on our roccos). put it in the =
charger,=20
and it think its done in minutes (again, due to this resistance, =
dropping=20
voltage, ending up with the outward appearance of a fully charged =
battery (as=20
far the the charger can tell, from the outside)).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> you need to fully =
discharge=20
the battery (light bulb) for abt 6 hours (even if the bulb is hardly =
lit),=20
then fully charge it (slowly, not the quick charger, if its an 8 hr =
slow=20
charger, leave it for 24 hrs so the cells equalize), then do the light =
bulb=20
thing again (abt 3 hrs past where it gets dim), and charge it one last =
time=20
(slow, again, 24 hrs). this will attempt to get rid of the memory in =
nicd=20
batteries.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> if the batteries =
are very old,=20
it may just be their time to go, especially if they are =
nicd.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> the old light bulb =
trick comes=20
from the r/c car days, people would fully discharge their packs with =
the same=20
light bulb type things after each run.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>HTH</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Al</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3Dkrobins2@twcny.rr.com =
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& Georgianna Robinson</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> (OT) Is this true ; or make any =
sense??</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Someone told me awhile ago,that if =
your=20
camcorder battery won't take a charge anymore(develops a =
memory--???); that=20
you need to put some kind of light with wires across the =
contact/charging=20
terminals of the batt.If the light is connected right,the light will =
light=20
up,and when it goes out completely you are supposed to be able to =
charge it=20
up again.Has anyone heard of this before??? My batt. is undergoing =
this=20
right now.I'll find out tomorrow if this works.Ken=20
R.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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