On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:57:13 -0500, John Smith wrote:

Mike,

Draining a nicad battery will not destroy it. In fact, nicads
have a memory effect, through which the battery thinks it is
discharged, when it isn't. The best way to deal with that
situation is to completely discharge the battery once in a while.

that's a myth that has been history almost as long as the cells themselves
(G)most people would have no way of completely discharging the cells anyway. and
overdoing it will kill the cells pretty fast.

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