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Now everything is clear. James Paul Khoury wrote: > 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. > > -- > Paul Khoury | <pkhoury@loop.com> | Sent from my ThinkPad 701CS > Proudly running OS/2 Warp 3/4, Slackware Linux, and Sun Solaris 2.4