On Fri, 4 May 2001, Clyde Soles wrote:
> For those of you who have converted a MD2 nicad pack to NiMH, how
> long does your pack hold a charge? Mine seems to drain down in a day
> or two after a fresh charge. Is that normal? They were installed in
> mid '98 so not all that old with fairly minimal use. I can deal with
> the loss of 1 fpm but this drain is a nuisance (motor makes a
> horrible grinding noise).
I think the loss for NiMH batteries is something like 1.50er day. An MD2
pack with NiMH's should easily be able to hold a charge suitable for at
least one roll of film after 30-60 days. It sounds like your pack is
discharing too rapidly. Perhaps one of the cells has developed an internal
short.
-mark
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