Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 Motor Drive
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 14:32:08 -0700
 
Why not just follow the recommended procedure? I imagine it is a very
expensive battery to replace, and there are no alternatives, so you want to
get all the life you can out of it.

> From: "Cochran, Adam" <Adam.Cochran@caltech.edu>
> 
> I have a new motor drive, and would like to benefit from anyone's experience
> on the best way to begin use of a new NiMH battery.  The Leica manual states
> that "several charge/discharge cycles [should] be performed before they [the
> batteries]are used for the first time" seemingly as a training exercise for
> the battery.  I have not heard of this procedure with other NiMH batteries,
> and the thought of fully discharging a recently fully charged battery is
> unsettling.
>