[time-nuts] Oncore battery backup

[paul swed]

To effectively charge a battery it needs a given amount of current for the
plate area.
Thats why larger batteries actually start in constant current mode.
We are getting slowly but surely off topic.
Regards

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

>
> paulswedb at gmail.com said:
> > The charger does not deliver enough current to effectively charge the
> > battery set if its larger then the original design. As such the battery
> life
> > is effected up to 50% and certainly the operating capacity.
>
> I'm missing something.  I'd expect it to just charge slower.  What's wrong
> with that?  (as long as you are willing to wait longer and the unit doesn't
> overheat and ...)
>
> Actually, I'd expect charging slower to be (slightly) better for battery
> life.
>
> Consider systems that charge batteries from solar cells.  They work fine on
> less than full bright sun.
>
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