"Gruendel, Frank 3837 PPE-WT" <Frank.Gruendel@de.heidelberg.com> wrote:
> >My battery for my 2100 died so I switched to a charger and NiCads from=20
> >Radioslack. I charge em in their own charger over night. My question is
> my=20
> >newt only reads them as alkiline and at about 60% when new and fresh. Am
> I=20
> >crazy, do I have a bad batch, is my newt deep sixing or is there some=20
> >reason.....
>
> This is normal. 100% for alcalines means 6 volts, 100% for NiMH's means 4.8
> volts.
NiMH's capacity at full charged about 5.6~5.8V.
Each cell can be charged from 1.4V to 1.45V.
1.2V means not the voltage at 100% charged but NiMH's working voltage.
> As your MP thinks there are alkalines installed, it reports less than 100%.
> You might want to get an application to change the battery type as someone
> else suggested. Otherwise the Newton's automatic shutoff due to empty
> batteries
> occurs a bit too late, i. e. at a time when the rechargeables have been
> discharged
> deeper than they should.
>
> Frank
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