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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hang on to the old batteries long enough to be
certain the charger ain't broke!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>John Ferrell <BR><A
href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></DIV>
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<A title=randy10926@comcast.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:19
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Strange Batery
Behavior</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the replies - New batteries ordered.</DIV>
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<DIV>And I will test out the switch and volt watch with other batteries I have
on hand. Looks like the weather here will be rainy for a few days
anyway.</DIV>
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<DIV>Randy</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sounds like a bad battery but the most
significant revelation is that your independent check lied to you. If you
can attach a voltmeter while you have it on the cycler you will probably see
the voltage drop as soon as you apply the discharge load. Once again, you
can't tell the state of charge by reading voltage. You need a charger that
tells you how much it put in. You also need to cycle it periodically to know
that it is a good battery. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=randy10926@comcast.net
href="mailto:randy10926@comcast.net">randy10926@comcast.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=NVRC-List@yahoogroups.com
href="mailto:NVRC-List@yahoogroups.com">nvrc club list</A> ; <A
title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org @nsrca.">discussion@nsrca.org
@nsrca.</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 13, 2004
7:51 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Strange Batery
Behavior</DIV>
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<DIV>I was out practicing this last Monday when I noticed the lights on my
volt watch doing what I thought was strange stuff. So I stopping flying
and went home.</DIV>
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<DIV>I put the plane on the cycler and charged the Ni-cds on the cycler.
Next morning independent check showed the battery as full charged and no
flickering lights on the volt watch when I turned the plane on. So far -
go good, so I thought it might be good to cycle the batteries a couple of
times just to make sure things are working. When I push the dis-charge
button the plane immediately goes back to full charge. I cycled two other
batteries to check the cycler out and it seems to be working. So is the
battery in the Focus safe to use?</DIV>
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<DIV>Randy Hatfield</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>