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great stuff.....does any-one have any info on wether or not u-boat batterys developed a "memory" affecting recharge and drain capacity?

a long while ago i used to race remote control electric buggys...and one of the main tricks of the trade was that in order to get the full life time from a charged battery it was essential to completely drain the battery before recharging it---other wise what actually happened was the batterys developed a "memory" regarding the level of drain the battery had reached when the recharge was started and would actually die at that level instead of when completely flat--ie

if you drained the batterys to 2/3 rds capacity ( ie 1/3 charge left in the cells) then did a full recharge the battery would tend to "remember" this ( not sure exactly how) and if thsi continued the battery would start registering as flat when in fact it still had 1/3 capacity left---

allways wondered if the u-boat batterys had the same trouble--if they did this would have a huge impact on battery life and recharge

doesn't really matter here as it probably doesn't apply and even if it did it's doubt full if it could be introduced into the sim....interesting tho