dead battery

[Wayne Galligan]

thanks guys.... new battery pack on the buy list.

Wayne G.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ferrell" <johnferrell at earthlink.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: dead battery


> Don't forget, the race car guys like to store theirs shorted.
>
> John Ferrell
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Del K. Rykert" <drykert at rochester.rr.com>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 1:25 PM
> Subject: Re: dead battery
>
>
> > 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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