* "brynmore williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 30 Jan 2000
| I always thought that it's the opposite that's true: if you don't deep cycle
| you'll shorten the battery life.
True for Nickel-Cadmium and Nickel-Metal Hydride cells. And they should
not be deep discharged every cycle. While dee
From: brynmore williams
> > Deep cycling is something that shortens the
> > lifetime of lithium-ion batteries. Get a new
> > one and keep it topped it in the future!
>
> I always thought that it's the opposite that's true:
> if you don't deep cycle you'll shorten the battery life.
That's true w
> > My 702 will not charge it's dead battery. Unit is
> > probably 2 years old. At least 90% of the time I
> > run the battery down completely before recharging.
>
>It might still be working if you didn't do that! Deep cycling is something
>that shortens the lifetime of lithium-ion batteries. G
From: Ken Cotton
> My 702 will not charge it's dead battery. Unit is
> probably 2 years old. At least 90% of the time I
> run the battery down completely before recharging.
It might still be working if you didn't do that! Deep cycling is something
that shortens the lifetime of lithium-ion batte
* Ken Cotton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 27 Jan 2000
| Please don't tell me I should have bought a Sony :-)
Nope. Buy a new battery.
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My 702 will not charge it's dead battery. Unit is probably 2 years old. At
least 90% of the time I run the battery down completely before recharging.
I have the add on disposable battery pack and the unit works fine with it.
Could it be the charger or an internal gli
