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Subject: Re: heating

Re: heating

From: Doug <him10101_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 19:38:07 -0800 (PST)

I had deep discharge off. I don't think my batteries are bad or anything like
that (although I can't be certain). As for reproducing results, I don't plan
on copying files for 3 hours straight again anytime soon, because this is what
produced the problem. What I was referring to originally was that in the
charging algorithm doc, there was a reference to the shut off condition:
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Delta peak means to detect that the battery voltage goes down when the
batteries are full.

Two facts on batteries are the reason why this works:

- If the batteries are full, the charging current cannot charge the battery
anymore. So the energy is absorbed by heating up the battery.
- Each battery has a negative temperature coefficient, that means the voltage
goes down when the temperature goes up.
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As you can imagine, I'm not much of an expert on the charging algorithm,
however I have an aching suspicion that this--barring any defect in my
unit--was cause for the shutdown.

Tell me if you think the properties of the batteries or the algorithm itself
could have caused the batteries to drain because of the heat.

-Doug

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