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Early in my experience with NiCad batteries I charged a NiCad pack for a
ham hand-held improperly resulting in a spectacular meltdown with smoke and
fire.
It can be done.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Pungateague Creek VA
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> Date: 10/28/2007 1:31:42 PM
> Subject: (T&T: & TWL2:) Re: & TWL2:) Re: & TWL2:) Switching to AGM
batteries
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> In all my years of playing with diesel locomotives, managing IT
> systems, youth mis-spent in heavy construction diesels, I never have
> seen a battery with thermal runaway. They always quietly died.
> Starting V16 locos required some heavy currents from battery sets that
> only fork lifts could move. And sometimes one used jumper cables,
> albeit rather heavy ones.
> Computer battery UPS systems were series/parallel to get higher
> voltages and currents. The capacitors were nasty. You could toss a
> charged one at a beam where it welded itself if your aim was good.
> The invention of AGM and Gel eliminated water checking and were
> welcomed.
>
> But a failure was usually a cell in one battery unless we dropped one
> which resulted in an interesting and colorful string of words.
>
> Maine Doug
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