From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Thu Apr 30 1998 - 12:20:51 EDT
On Thu, 30 Apr 98 10:30:25 -0700, os2support_at_theriver.com wrote:
>In <199804300517.WAA24320_at_stevie.loop.com>, on 04/29/98
> at 10:17 PM, "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury_at_loop.com> said:
>
>>On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 19:29:10 -0400, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
>>>I understand a night in the freezer while fully charged can regenerate a battery..
>>>
>>It seems quite ironic also that batteries in the freezer/fridge last
>>longer, while batteries running in a hot environment last longer.
>>You'd think the opposite.
>
>Huh? What are you trying to say here. I think it was:
>"It seems quite ironic that batteries in the freezer/fridge last
>longer, while batteries running in a hot environment do not. You'd
>think the opposite".
No. Okay, I heard that storing batteries in a cold environment means longer shelf life/charge remaining.
It is the opposite with hot environments.
Now when running the battery, I heard that running it in a hot environment means longer run time,
wheras running it in a cold environment yields less run time. Now does that hopefully make more sense?
I didn't mean to confuse everyone.
This is a quirk with NICad based batteries,
>which include NIMH. They are actually more powerful cold than hot.
>Also, they tend to "bleed" power faster the warmer they are. And
>putting them in a cold environment can accelerate the breakdown of
>crystals which form in them over time.
>
Ahh, so you do understand somewhat. Maybe you read my sentence wrong. This happens to me
occasionally.
-- Paul Khoury | <pkhoury_at_loop.com> | Sent from my ThinkPad 701CS Proudly running OS/2 Warp 3/4, Slackware Linux, and Sun Solaris 2.4
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