"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:30:19 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

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"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 21:37:49 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

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"RG" wrote in message
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This is for one use: Hair on the bathroom floor. 60 seconds every 2
days,
when I don't want to haul out the big canister vac.

It's been a very long time since I've owned one, but for that use, I'd
be
tempted to look into a wall-mounted cordless unit. Used to be called
Dustbusters back in the day. I'm usually not a fan of cordless units,
they typically don't have the suction of 110v units. But hair off a
tile
floor (I presume it's tile or some hard surface) is an easy pickup.
Not
a
lot of suction required. I'm thinking that battery technology has
improved greatly since I owned one of those things. For your specific
use, I think I'd go with the convenience of a nearby wall-mounted
cordless
rechargeable unit. No messing with cords and potential electrocution
hazards, and no bothersome belts to worry about going up in smoke.


I've had several of those Dustbuster things. I was given one as a gift
last
Spring - one of the "improved" Black & Decker things. As with all the
previous ones, the battery died an early death. I won't own them any
more.


They last much longer if you just turn them on and let them run down to
nothing once in a while. We've had one for about five years now that
works
quite well. It's a Eureka, 'the BOSS'.
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'Til next time,

John H

It does that all by itself, in about 15 seconds.


Well, that's 'cause you didn't treat the battery right!
I also leave phones off their cradles and let them run down every so
often,
and cameras, and anything else rechargeable I can think of. I'm sure some
battery experts will tell me I'm foolish, but I'm getting old and senile
and can do what I want.
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I think you will find that occasional deep discharging is (was) recommended
for NiCad type batteries. The newer lithium types used in laptops and cell
phones do not have the same characteristics and are not affected by being
fully charged all of the time.