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To: Jeff Winston

Batteries degrade. They charge less, as they age.


29 posted on 06/08/2011 6:06:18 PM PDT by familyop (Shut up, and eat your brains!)
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To: familyop

“Batteries degrade. They charge less, as they age.”

True for standard batteries. We don’t know about the chemistry this technology. Pumping out the old goo and pumping in new could be equivalent to rebuilding the battery giving it more recharge cycles.


40 posted on 06/08/2011 6:44:35 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: familyop

“Batteries degrade. They charge less, as they age.”

More than that. They eat energy during charging that is quickly lost before you get a chance to use it(much more with older batteries). It is dissipated as heat. And you thought incandescent light bulbs were wasteful.


42 posted on 06/08/2011 6:55:54 PM PDT by Revel
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