Re: [NTLK] reusing the battery pack

From: Andrei Chichak (agchichak_at_compusmart.ab.ca)
Date: Sun Oct 02 2005 - 14:04:50 PDT


At 02:37 PM 10/2/2005, you wrote:
>I believe that the original post was about the current controller,

It's called a polyswitch. It is a current limiter. Its resistance changes=20
as the current increases. Once the current is too high, it "opens up" or=20
has a very high resistance, limiting the current that can flow through the=
=20
batteries. If the power to the circuit is removed, the polyswitch will=
 reset.

Think of it as a self-resetting circuit breaker.

Andrei

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