Re: NIMH charge early termination

Yes, it's not fully charged.  Sounds like the manufacturer is trying to tell
you something:  Charging an NiMH battery at the combination of high
temperature, high state of charge, and high current is not good for the
battery.

Dyche Anderson


"Dave VanHorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 2100Mah Cells, in a six-pack, being charged at C.
> Mfgr says to terminate high rate, at 40C.
>
> The pack runs up from 28C to 40C in 26 mins, with voltage slope still
> rising, indicating to me that it's nowhere near full charge....
>
> Not sure what to do here,  I hate to push the mfgr's spec, but 40C seems
to
> be unusually low.
> At this point, I've put about 30kJ into the battery, but full charge
happens
> around 72kJ.
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