At 03:01 AM 7/29/2003 -0700, you wrote:
In general the Nimh recommendation is not to float charge in any
circumstances, especially not at
the C/10 rates commonly used for simple Nicd chargers. For a simple timed
charger the
recommendation is typically to put back no more than 1200f C, at a C/10
rate for NimH (e.g.
12hrs at 180mA for a 1.8Ah cell). A common recommendation is to limit
charge to no more than 120%
C, if you hope to achieve any sort of reasonable cycle life. Duracell
suggests that C/300
continuous float is acceptable for its NimH cells. (e.g. 6mA for a 1.8Ah cell)
Tim Hughes
TimHughes@xxxxxxxx
Tim,
Sorry, what does "float charge" mean?
Joel W.
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