Re: To Battery Mavins

From: GSV Three Minds in a Can (GSV_at_quik.clara.co.uk)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:16:06 +0000

Bitstring <10shgpta8j3p731@corp.supernews.com>, from the wonderful
person Roy Lewallen <w7el@eznec.com> said
>GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
>> Actually it depends on the =type= of charger. Something which
>>decides to quit based on a timer (yes, they still sell plenty like
>>that) will not fully charge the higher capacity batteries (probably
>>not the 2100 mAHr either).
>> If it's a decent charger that quits when it detects 'battery full'
>>based voltage or similar, then it'll charge anything (and will do
>>sensible things if you feed it half-discharged batteries, which the
>>timer models don't).
>
>Gad, I didn't realize anybody was selling a NiMH charger, especially
>for that capacity cell, that uses a simple timer.

Yep. Ansmann Photocam 4.

> If you have one of those, the difference between a cell specified as
>2100 mAh and 2300 mAh is the least of your worries.

It works OK as long as you always insert fully discharged batteries, and
as long as you didn't want them fully charged when it finishes. 8>. 

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