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Batteries are cheap. Airplanes are expensive. Bill Glaze<br>
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Del K. Rykert wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">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
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From: "Wayne Galligan" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wgalligan@goodsonacura.com"><wgalligan@goodsonacura.com></a>
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Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:53 AM
Subject: dead battery
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<pre wrap="">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
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<pre wrap="">time to replace? This pack is about 1 1/2 years old.
Wayne Galligan
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