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Battery Memory

962 Views 3 Replies 4 Participants Last post by Classic30, Feb 13, 2015

svzephyr44

Discussion Starter · Feb 12, 2015

I have a couple of handheld VHF radios. They have been living in the charger without much use. Now the batteries have memory. They are fully charged. When I key the mike they fully discharge. No amount of charge cycles seems to break this outcome.

Is there a quick way to kill battery "memory" or am I stuck purchasing new battery packs?

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Classic30

· #4 · Feb 13, 2015

hellosailor said:
zephyr-
That is not necessarily "memory". Which all majors vendors (like SAFT, who own the NiCad trademark) claim is not a problem for any major brand with new technologies for the last 20 years.
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Bloody clever of them really: trade-marking an abbreviation they know will become common use. SAFT are best known around the marine industry for their NIFE (ie. Nickel-Iron) batteries.

...but I digress. Carry on.

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