Load time for HP41 accu pack?

[floppy_stuttgart]

Hello,
how much time should I keep the accumulator charging? 6h? 12h? Last time when I kept it 6h, it was quite quick empty (1 month) despite low use time (in HP41CX).
I was just wondering why it was so short: perhaps it was not charged long enough.
Any advice is welcome.

[Garth]

Note to Americans, or maybe to native English speakers in general: "Accumulator" is apparently what Germans say when they mean "rechargeable battery."

Floppy: I'm not familiar with the "accu pack." Is there some danger of overcharging if you just leave it overnight?

[floppy_stuttgart]

I made following:
- loading 12h the chargeable batteries
- testing with https://calc.fjk.ch/hp-41-akkutest/
Result: 3.1333
So, the runtime on an HP41CX (connected to a PC via Pilbox; Nov64d and double-X-Memory in it) with full charged batteries is 3h 13min 33s.
Personally, I am not so impressed. I would have expected a bit longer.

What is your experience with the running time with rechargeable and/or not rechargeable batteries? (no magnet card reader; because I remember few time ago, this kill quick the batteries).

[dlachieze]

Here is the original instruction card for the HP 82120A battery pack, it says 12 to 16 hours to fully charge the pack:

[Garth]

In the late 1980's at work, I did battery-life testing on different kinds of 9V batteries for one of our products, and got, very approximately:

• 80 hours for lithium (primary, ie, non-rechargeable, rather new on the market, and very expensive)
• 40 hours for alkaline
• 20 hours for zinc-chloride
• 10 hours for carbon-zinc
• 7 hours for nickle-cadmium for one charge. The NiCd battery was not totally brand new, but relatively new and in good condition.

I repeated the test many times and got pretty consistent results. I might have tried different brands of each too, but I don't remember.

[floppy_stuttgart]

Here is the original instruction card for the HP 82120A battery pack, it says 12 to 16 hours to fully charge the pack:

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Thanks.
And then how many hours the battery should hold?