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Old 06-13-2006 | 11:00 PM
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Default RE: How does voltage effect charging?


ORIGINAL: JNorton

NiCd and NiMh packs are current sinks. Simplistically you control the rate of charge thru current however the voltage must be higher than the pack.
And this was kind of what I was wondering, why is this so. Is there an easy way to explain it?