Howdy,
On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Randall Young wrote:
> Steve's rule is the same one I use ... a battery (of those chemistries)
> that exhibits less than 1.5v per cell (a 9v is just 6 cells in one
> package) at room temperature is near the end of it's service life. How
> near depends on how low a voltage is useful to you ... there have
> certainly been times when even a feeble glow from my flashlight was
> better than nothing. But below 1.5v open circuit is below half-life, at
> least, and I wouldn't put them back in something unless I had no choice.
My rule is that when I take out batteries from something, I'm not doing it
because I'm bored, I'm doing it because I'm replacing them. And I throw
away the old ones.
I mean, I'm a packrat and all, but I can't see how used up batteries are
gonna be helpful to me... :-)
Mark
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