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Old 10-19-2009, 09:40 PM   #30
Kent Walters
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My understanding, based on several sources, is that Lithium-Ion batteries do not have a memory effect.
That was my understanding, too, which is why the info from the paper I had read stuck in my head. The Hanlin manual could have been clearer, but, as I read it, it seemed to support the other paper’s statement. I think what we really need is better (or more) info from the battery manufacturers.

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... My point is not to excuse iRex, but to point out that it's a common problem with battery meters.
I didn’t mean to ding iRex; “smart batteries” aren’t really very smart; that they usually work pretty much as they are supposed to is the state of the art: “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.”

If, however, the DR will shut down because it ‘thinks’ the battery is too low (because of a ‘stuck guage’), then that is something that should be addressed. I do not have any idea if that is the case, but it could be, and bears looking into, IMHO. This is just something I wonder about, and can't consider a serious problem.

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Kent Walters

Last edited by Kent Walters; 10-19-2009 at 09:43 PM.
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