>Careful.  I know you mean 1 volt per cell when you say "thrive on deep
>discharge cycles".  You can discharge a single Ni-CD cell to 0 volts, but to
>do that with a battery (2 or more cells) WILL reverse charge the weakest one.
>After that, the pack is rather worthless...

R/C Car racers (including pros) will discharge their packs to 0V per cell,
and connect the + to - terminals (multiple cells) together for storage.
NiCd's do not like to be stored with a charge.

I typically run my packs down to .8V at 60A before recharging.

Andy

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