Nickel Cadmium Battery

[mowhoong]

I am wondering nickel cadmium battery havebeen more than fourty years
in the market,Can any person know the reason,why are they still build
for 1.2 volt.it is inconvenient to use in a 6 volt circuit.

 

[Tim Perry]

"mowhoong" <mowhoong@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I am wondering nickel cadmium battery havebeen more than fourty years
in the market,Can any person know the reason,why are they still build
for 1.2 volt.it is inconvenient to use in a 6 volt circuit.

http://www.drms.dla.mil/publications/6050.1/exxi-4.pdf


http://www.hamradioindia.com/HRI-THEOR/Funda-DC/nicad.htm


try out a potato battery. at .5V per cell a 12 pack should give you 6 volts

http://www.quantumscientific.com/pclock.html

 

[Jim Adney]

On 30 Apr 2004 22:57:03 -0700 mowhoong@hotmail.com (mowhoong) wrote:

I am wondering nickel cadmium battery havebeen more than fourty years
in the market,Can any person know the reason,why are they still build
for 1.2 volt.it is inconvenient to use in a 6 volt circuit.

The voltage is fixed by the electro-chemical properties of the
elements used. The only way it can be changed is by coming up with a
new battery based in different chemistry.

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