At 11:33 PM 5/15/01 +0800, Peter Tiang wrote:
>Sorry, misread the spec, but at ~1.5V per cell
>at full charge at ambient temp (from Panasonic
>website info, full charge V tends to vary with
>temperature and rate of charging),
>you still get about 6V, which can never be
>arrived at with Olin's 5V-sourced charge circuit.
>
>Maybe, full charge is not Olin's intention ?

It does sound like the charger needs a little more headroom.
OTOH, assuring that the cells can never be overcharged is probably going to
extend their life in terms of number of cycles, at the expense of run-time
per cycle.

Engineering is the art of compromise. :)

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