User manual

Memory Effect

If not the entire capacity is used after discharging the rechargeable battery

and the rechargeable battery is only partially discharged and then charged

again, the rechargeable battery will „remember“ this condition and only

provide this amount to the consumer the next time it is discharged.

The charged battery then loses more and more useful capacity in the course

of its service life, since the cadmium cathode forms crystals that reduce the

rechargeable battery output.

The memory effect can be „deleted“ by deliberate deep discharge. Modern

rechargeable batteries only rarely show this problem.

Fig. 030: Plug board setup: Charging with constant current