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Default Lithium Ion or NiMH power tool "systems": Which one?

According to ransley :

Chris I did look at that site, I still believe even from what they
said heat is being generated, and damaging the cell, since the
dustbuster is not being trickle charged


Heat is always produced if current is going through it. The
question is how much, and how much the cell can tolerate it.

Or, in other words, is a continuous .01C trickle charge when
the place where it is at 20C going to do as much damage as
letting the battery sit on a window sill at 35C? No.

That seems sarcastic, but it's not intended to be, just pointing
out that the fact you do put a little heat in the battery via
trickle charge, it's not going to be any different than the same
amount of heat introduced any other way.

Unless the trickle charger makes the battery noticably warm,
it's going to make relatively little difference. At least with
Nicds.

Continuous trickle charge matters more with NiMH and Lithium (note
the remarks about hydrogen generation on NiMH).
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