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Re:There's truth to 'dead battery bounce' after all (2015) by jacobush on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:14PM (#21717214)
NiCad is the devil though but I assume you didn't advocate them, just missed a property of them.
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Re:There's truth to 'dead battery bounce' after all (2015) by leggomylibro on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:15PM (#21717220)
Right, good point, at least NiMh batteries aren't full of cadmium.
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Re:There's truth to 'dead battery bounce' after all (2015) by durandal1 on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:37PM (#21717442)
And has no memory which is a huge advantage.
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Re:There's truth to 'dead battery bounce' after all (2015) by aidenn0 on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:46PM (#21717522)
NiCd memory effect is way overblown. It requires nearly identical cycles each time and has only ever been observed in high-capacity aerospace cells.

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Repeated overcharging can cause changing voltage curves that are (apparently) also referred to as memory effect, but NiMH cells are also prone to this.

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