dead battery

[John Ferrell]

I am pretty cheap. (no comments, please!) I would charge it on the original
wall wart a couple of days and cycle it again a couple of times. That will
help get the cells back in balance. I have no explanation, just experience.

John Ferrell
6241 Phillippi Rd
Julian NC 27283
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Galligan" <wgalligan at goodsonacura.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:53 AM
Subject: dead battery


> I accidentally bump the switch on my flight pack and it was on for about a
> week.  1500 mil NiCad pack.  It took 1650 mil on the recharge.  I then
> cycled the pack twice and both times it would discharge about 1250mil and
> recharge about the same.  I am using a SuperNova charger and discharged at
> .5 amp and recharged at .2 amp   Does this seem like the pack is OK or is
it
> time to replace?  This pack is about 1 1/2 years old.
>
> Wayne Galligan
>
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