Re: NIMH charge early termination

"Dyche Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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.

Well, I wouldn't normally think of C as "high current"..
State of charge is is roughly 50%

What do you think they are trying to tell me here?
They don't do too well at answering my questions.

> Dyche Anderson
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> "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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