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Re: Battery life?



On Thu, 30 Apr 98 10:30:25 -0700, os2support@theriver.com wrote:

>In <199804300517.WAA24320@stevie.loop.com>, on 04/29/98 
>   at 10:17 PM, "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury@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.

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