From: Frank Gruendel (fg2_at_pda-soft.de)
Date: Sat Jul 19 2003 - 16:10:21 PDT
> You might want to be a little cautious about totally flattening a NiMH
> battery pack. They doesn't like to be completely run out. NiCad's
seem to
> like it, but NiMH's don't. On the other hand, if Apple knew about
this and
> biased the state of charge meter to keep you away from total croak out
when
> it reported fully discharged, then you are ok.
You are wrong, and you are right. Neither NiCad's nor NiMH's like it to
be completely run out. But if used in a Newton, they won't. The Newton
will shut
itself off before the voltage drops to any level that might be harmful
for
the battery.
Frank
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