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Old 10-04-2009, 11:41 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Atomic Ass View Post
The UPS units I have used so far have been entirely incompatible with Lithium. They continuously charge the battery at 13+ volts, so as not to overcharge it, but so that the battery is always fully-charged.
Good point.. I'd have had to use some sort of extra circuitry and a charge switch to turn them off, so they didn't kill the lithium cells.
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