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String Trimmer Batteries
My wife gave me a Torx string (grass) trimmer, as a present. It came
with two, 20 volt battery packs. I now know that I can edge my house several times. with but one charged battery. I know that rechargeable batteries have a limited life - attributable to the number of recharges and years of use. As I will never need to ever use two packs, what should I do with the likely unused 2nd pack? I am inclined to leave it uncharged, for _?_ years, until the initial pack loses the capacity to edge my house. Would storing that spare battery, in a "hermetically" sealed package in our refrigerator (or freezer) be a preferred storage option? Is rthere a different stategy, for the unused pack, that would be more appropriate? I know that replacement battery packs are $$ expensive. |
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On Sat, 30 May 2015 18:27:27 -0600, Tony Hwang
wrote: wrote: My wife gave me a Torx string (grass) trimmer, as a present. It came with two, 20 volt battery packs. I now know that I can edge my house several times. with but one charged battery. I know that rechargeable batteries have a limited life - attributable to the number of recharges and years of use. As I will never need to ever use two packs, what should I do with the likely unused 2nd pack? I am inclined to leave it uncharged, for _?_ years, until the initial pack loses the capacity to edge my house. Would storing that spare battery, in a "hermetically" sealed package in our refrigerator (or freezer) be a preferred storage option? Is rthere a different stategy, for the unused pack, that would be more appropriate? I know that replacement battery packs are $$ expensive. Mine is B&D 20V Lithium one. Came with 2 batteries. I use them alternatively. I fully charge them before storing in winter. They sell rebuild kit for this battery pack on eBay I noticed. Swap em would be my first guess too. I really don't know. It is the same thing with cell phones. I don't use my cellphone much for talking, but you still have to keep it charged. What do you do? Leave it off the charger for a few days or plug it in with a 90% charge every day. |
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On Sat, 30 May 2015 20:43:58 -0400, Seymore4Head
wrote: On Sat, 30 May 2015 18:27:27 -0600, Tony Hwang wrote: wrote: My wife gave me a Torx string (grass) trimmer, as a present. It came with two, 20 volt battery packs. I now know that I can edge my house several times. with but one charged battery. I know that rechargeable batteries have a limited life - attributable to the number of recharges and years of use. As I will never need to ever use two packs, what should I do with the likely unused 2nd pack? I am inclined to leave it uncharged, for _?_ years, until the initial pack loses the capacity to edge my house. Would storing that spare battery, in a "hermetically" sealed package in our refrigerator (or freezer) be a preferred storage option? Is rthere a different stategy, for the unused pack, that would be more appropriate? I know that replacement battery packs are $$ expensive. Mine is B&D 20V Lithium one. Came with 2 batteries. I use them alternatively. I fully charge them before storing in winter. They sell rebuild kit for this battery pack on eBay I noticed. Swap em would be my first guess too. I really don't know. It is the same thing with cell phones. I don't use my cellphone much for talking, but you still have to keep it charged. What do you do? Leave it off the charger for a few days or plug it in with a 90% charge every day. Same problem with laptops. I only use the laptop when I go out of town, and I don't do that much. I'm told Li laptop batteries run down even when taken out of the battery. Not only that, I'd like a new battery before I take a 3 month trip, but if I buy it now, it will be old by the time I leave. If I wait until just before I leave, they may not sell them anymore, or it will be old anyhow because they made it last year. |
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... My wife gave me a Torx string (grass) trimmer, as a present. It came with two, 20 volt battery packs. I now know that I can edge my house several times. with but one charged battery. And, you live in a trashy trailer park, and sit outside on the "veranda" guzzling cheap beer in a mustard-stained under****. LOL Oh, and yer wife's got a big space between her two front (buck) teeth! |
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On Sun, 31 May 2015 10:10:05 -0400, Rowan Pope
wrote: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a..._ion_batteries Also: (Though IMO interesting since most of us have phones, I'm not sure how much it applies to trimmers.) http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techno...thy/ar-BBkmGl9 |
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On Sat, 30 May 2015 23:19:20 -0400, micky
wrote: On Sat, 30 May 2015 20:43:58 -0400, Seymore4Head wrote: On Sat, 30 May 2015 18:27:27 -0600, Tony Hwang wrote: wrote: My wife gave me a Torx string (grass) trimmer, as a present. It came with two, 20 volt battery packs. I now know that I can edge my house several times. with but one charged battery. I know that rechargeable batteries have a limited life - attributable to the number of recharges and years of use. As I will never need to ever use two packs, what should I do with the likely unused 2nd pack? I am inclined to leave it uncharged, for _?_ years, until the initial pack loses the capacity to edge my house. Would storing that spare battery, in a "hermetically" sealed package in our refrigerator (or freezer) be a preferred storage option? Is rthere a different stategy, for the unused pack, that would be more appropriate? I know that replacement battery packs are $$ expensive. Mine is B&D 20V Lithium one. Came with 2 batteries. I use them alternatively. I fully charge them before storing in winter. They sell rebuild kit for this battery pack on eBay I noticed. Swap em would be my first guess too. I really don't know. It is the same thing with cell phones. I don't use my cellphone much for talking, but you still have to keep it charged. What do you do? Leave it off the charger for a few days or plug it in with a 90% charge every day. Same problem with laptops. I only use the laptop when I go out of town, and I don't do that much. I'm told Li laptop batteries run down even when taken out of the battery. I'm told Li laptop batteries run down even when taken out of the COMPUTER. Not only that, I'd like a new battery before I take a 3 month trip, but if I buy it now, it will be old by the time I leave. If I wait until just before I leave, they may not sell them anymore, or it will be old anyhow because they made it last year. |
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On Sun, 31 May 2015 09:06:55 -0700, J0HNS0N
wrote: On Sun, 31 May 2015 10:10:05 -0400, Rowan Pope wrote: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a..._ion_batteries Also: (Though IMO interesting since most of us have phones, I'm not sure how much it applies to trimmers.) http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techno...thy/ar-BBkmGl9 I have an app for my cell phone so I can do weedwacking. |
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On 5/31/2015 7:44 PM, micky wrote:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techno...thy/ar-BBkmGl9 I have an app for my cell phone so I can do weedwacking. I got the PC version, though it really eats up mouse, with the mouse cord going around at several hundred RPM to get the weeds. I don't have the bump feed drivers for my PC weed whacker, yet. - .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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"NEMO" wrote in message
... On 5/31/2015 9:06 AM, Colon Edmud Burchese wrote: wrote in message ... My wife gave me a Torx string (grass) trimmer, as a present. It came with two, 20 volt battery packs. I now know that I can edge my house several times. with but one charged battery. And, you live in a trashy trailer park, and sit outside on the "veranda" guzzling cheap beer in a mustard-stained under****. LOL Oh, and yer wife's got a big space between her two front (buck) teeth! YOU live in a ****ty trailer park next to Walmart and drink warm beer with fried mudcat. I bet you've got more tattoos than teeth. And YOUR wife's got a big space between his/her two back cheeks! LOLOK That will be quite enough fantasizing about Your Colonel, you repressed homosexual! LOL |
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