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  • Remembering Which Cells Need Charging

    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?

    Battery Charge State Reminder
    Battery Charge State Reminder

    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.