dead battery

[Del K. Rykert]

My vote also Wayne would be to replace. It is down in capacity and dead
NiCad's have been known to reverse polarity easily after being run down
dead. I don't know when or how that occurs but I have had it happen to me
more than once.
  A rule of thumb I always use is I cycle a new pack and almost always get
more than their rated capacity, "SR" packs, and when that initial capacity
that pack had drops to 80% or 2 years of use I retire them. I never go to
80% of their rated capacity.
                          del
               NSRCA - 473

----- 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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