Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #12661
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: BUDSCOTT@aol.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:54:39 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: long time no C, RM1
In a message dated 3/27/00 11:01:19 PM Central Standard Time,
gmbeam@hotmail.com writes:
<< Those new RM1's that solarbotics sells are really nice for the price. >>
Go for 'em, i even saw the same things in MPJA's new catalouge for $.99
(sorry Dave! at least i gave you MY business, hehe!) I made a beamant out of
a couple of those, and i plan on using them in conjuction with a gearbox for
my next walker!
-Spencer
not a robot scientist
not a college major
not a grad student
not a professor
not a very organized person
just Spencer (isn't that impressive enough?)
12662 Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:52:03 EST [alt-beam] Re: The BEAM Pitstop! beam@sgiblab.sgi.com BUDSCOTT@aol.com In a message dated 3/28/00 1:30:57 AM Central Standard Time,
beamtastic@yahoo.com writes:
<< Well, that depends on whose beamtastic site you are
talking about....
>>
Opps...well, you get the picture. The BEAM pitstop is now up! So go to
http://www.botic.com/users/beamstop
instead of
http://www.botic.com/users/beamtastic,
sorry bout the confusion if you have a
link to my old site, be sure to update i should get things straitened out
soon!
-Spencer
not a robot scientist
not a college major
not a grad student
not a professor
not a very organized person
just Spencer (isn't that impressive enough?)
12663 Wednesday, March 29, 2000 5:43 AM Re: Charging NiCads beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Sathe Dilip
>For a normal charging cycle, charge them for about 14 hours at 1/10th of
>the Ampere-Hour capacity.
>
>In your example, charge at 60 mA for 14 hours. If your batteries are
>rated for a fast charge, you can charge them with more current with a
>proportionately less time.
>
>Dilip
>---------------------------------
>
>Andrew Hooper wrote:
>
>> Been a long time since I built my last charger, and I cant remember
>> what the rule of thumb was in regards to voltage and current.
>>
>> The pack I have consists of 4 X 1.2v 600ma cells in series.
>>
>> Any ideas or thought?.
>
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>The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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