On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Michael Halcrow suggested we build a large wooden badger: > You may be able to extend its charge by repeatedly fully draining and > charging the battery. This tends to clear any chemical blockages in the > cells that may be limiting the amount of energy the battery can hold. > You need to do it continually for about 36 hours to have the maximum > effect. As far as I know, this technique works with Li-Ion, NiMh and > NiCad batteries. Depending on how bad the blockage is, you may need to > use special equipment to do it right :-( > > Mike
I think by special equipment, Mike may be referring to the old "9-volt battery tester method". To utilize this method, stick out your tongue. If the battery shocks you, it's still good :) Frank --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Sorenson - KD7TZK CSR Computer Science Department Brigham Young University [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
