 | | From: | Brett | | Subject: | phone battery question. | | Date: | Fri, 07 Jan 2005 02:45:48 +1300 |
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Hi I want to upgrade my phones battery. It uses 4 aa NiCd cells.
I want to replace these with 4 NiMH as the mAh is greater.
But I have also heard that NiMH cells don't hold a charge as long as NiCd
cells.
Brettc
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| | From: | Daver | | Subject: | Re: phone battery question. | | Date: | Sat, 8 Jan 2005 18:05:52 +1300 |
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| NiMH don't have the same memory effect as NiCd. They also don't last well if
overcharged.
"Brett" wrote in message
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> Hi I want to upgrade my phones battery. It uses 4 aa NiCd cells.
> I want to replace these with 4 NiMH as the mAh is greater.
> But I have also heard that NiMH cells don't hold a charge as long as NiCd
> cells.
>
> Brettc
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| | From: | Legs | | Subject: | Re: phone battery question. | | Date: | Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:25:50 +1300 |
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| On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 02:45:48 +1300, Brett
wrote:
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>Hi I want to upgrade my phones battery. It uses 4 aa NiCd cells.
>I want to replace these with 4 NiMH as the mAh is greater.
>But I have also heard that NiMH cells don't hold a charge as long as NiCd
>cells.
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>Brettc
Hmmm, - I had heard the same thing - so I did a google search on:-
"Battery Characteristics" and this is one of the pages I found -
http://www.shida-batteries.com/bcp.html
looks like they have almost exactly the same self discharge rates.
One of the other things that I have 'heard' is the amount of use
each/either can be used for differs. NiMH can only goto 10 percent of
capacity before being recharged. should completely discharge NiCd
before recharge.
cheers
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