On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Michael Damon Hopkins wrote:
> keep in mind that you do NOT want to completely discharge the cell (AKA
> dead short) for a 1.2V cell the shutoff voltage should be around .8-.9V

IMHO and perhaps a few others who have used nicads, completely discharging
is perfectly fine. The biggest problem with complete discharging when you
have a pack of cells is that you should limit the current so as not to
reverse charge the cells that drop first. Not a tremendous problem when
you have a good set of fairly matched cells, which is what you want to
have anyway. Nothing worse than crappy nicads.

Cheers,

Bob