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jaydee · 08-26-03, 01:42 PM

Zimpfer,
The question did not have anything to do with the memory effect of Nicad batteries of yore. I was told that these new batteries have an average number of charge / discharge cycles after which they need replacement- The Nextel phone has a battery with about 500 cycles. I was told by the Nextel folks that each time you connect the battery to a power source, it counts as one charge cycle. Therefore, I was adviced, one should only charge the device when the battery is really low, in order to keep the number of charge cycles low... Any comments?

Cheers,

jaydee

08-26-03, 01:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
jaydee Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 54 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	rephrasing question Zimpfer, The question did not have anything to do with the memory effect of Nicad batteries of yore. I was told that these new batteries have an average number of charge / discharge cycles after which they need replacement- The Nextel phone has a battery with about 500 cycles. I was told by the Nextel folks that each time you connect the battery to a power source, it counts as one charge cycle. Therefore, I was adviced, one should only charge the device when the battery is really low, in order to keep the number of charge cycles low... Any comments? Cheers, jaydee