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paintballer4life
02-07-2004, 11:10 PM
My speed has been charged twice for this weekend and i shot around 400 shots today. Would it hurt to recharge it for a third time? ty, bob
Need4Speed
02-07-2004, 11:28 PM
My speed has been charged twice for this weekend and i shot around 400 shots today. Would it hurt to recharge it for a third time? ty, bob

I heard that it was bad for an LCD, etc but with a Speed it's ok to charge it as many times as u want... don't quote me on that tho i'm sure a tech will answer u're question
paintballer4life
02-07-2004, 11:42 PM
I heard that it was bad for an LCD, etc but with a Speed it's ok to charge it as many times as u want... don't quote me on that tho i'm sure a tech will answer u're question
I might just get me and my friends to rip it for a lil while then charge
RaVeN6869
02-09-2004, 12:52 PM
Page 3 of the manual says...
"The Angel may be left charging for prolonged periods without damage occuring to the battery pack"

Maybe it would be the same for intermittent charges but I'm not 100% sure. Haven't heard of the Speed having 'battery memory' problems
AWOLBatman
02-09-2004, 01:43 PM
Like he said, according to the manual:

The Angel may be left charging for prolonged periods of time without damage occuring to the battery pack.

Also worth mentioning:

A full charge will give sufficient power for approximately 150,000 consecutive shots.

A 1 hour charge at 12.5V DC will give sufficient power for approximately 40,000 consecutive shots.
AWOLBatman
02-09-2004, 02:34 PM
Oh yeah... the Speed has a nickel metal hydride battery. There is no battery memory.
IamNoAngel
02-09-2004, 02:55 PM
it's all here check it out, I'm too lazy to re-type it all

http://www.angel-owners.com/showthread.php?t=17240
Sparco
02-09-2004, 05:38 PM
AWOL, NiMH is still prone to battery memory but at much slower rate than NiCad. I still only charge my Angels when I've been on the one bar display for a case. It then gets a 4 hour charge.
AWOLBatman
02-09-2004, 11:29 PM
Sorry... that's still purely a nickel cadmium problem.

In a nutshell, the "memory problem" in NiCads results from structure of the cadmium electrode. With no cadmium in a nickel metal hydride cell, "memory" is not an issue.

You can read more about it here:

http://data.energizer.com/batteryinfo/application_manuals/nickel_metal_hydride.htm

Charge to your heart's content!