On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:57:27 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Arfa Daily wrote:
The biggest advantage of NiMH types, apart from the obvious size /
capacity one, is that they don't suffer memory effect, which is
something that has always plagued NiCds.

Strange. I've been using Ni-Cads for a very long time - well before
cordless tools or mobile phones became common and have *never* experienced
this.

Well you've probably been using them on Earth, rather than in orbit in
satellites subject to exactly the same period of charge and discharge
cycles.

Silly you!

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John Stumbles

I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure