My Sony DSC-H5 eats NiMH cells like candy, which means I must haul along a pocketful of the things. That means I often wind up with a case containing one charged pair and one uncharged pair.
Ditto for swapping cells in the blinky lights on our bikes.
Pop quiz: which pair is which?
It’s pretty easy:
- Nose-to-tail = as in the camera = charge ’em
- Nose-to-nose = as in the charger = ready to use
You could do some remote psychoanalysis based on that sort of behavior, but you’d be completely right.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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5 responses to “Remembering Which Cells Need Charging”
I can’t think of a single Freudian thing to say. Nope. Not at all.
You’re right!
Why does this remind me of Differential Manchester encoding? A change in state (cells opposite of each other): needs charge. No change in state (cells don’t flip) don’t need charge. I guess now I’m not so afraid to mention that I have 10 different colors of shirts and I encode the least significant digit of the Day Of Month in the color of shirt that I wear… ever spent too much time sorting resistors?
10 different colors of shirts
Let me guess: BBROYGBVGW.
Me, I have black socks and wear whatever t-shirt is on top of the pile in the drawer. The way I see it, amateur radio and volunteering at the Trinity Robotic contest means never having to buy another t-shirt.
More formal occasions? I have a shirt for that.
ever spent too much time sorting resistors?
Gosh, you mean you buy those bulk bags of unsorted SMD components, too? [grin]
I do the same, wear the t-shirt on the top of the pile. After reading your comment I can never look at my t-shirt pile without reading the color value for the day. LOL!