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Default best charger for nicd and nimh batteries

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
D.M.Chapman dmc@puffin. wrote:
Pretty much. A big problem with NiMH is the self drain - they will
got flat on their own with little use.


Not so with any of the power tools I have. And not a problem with toys,
surely?


Seems to be with plenty of the AAs I've got. The eneloop types seem *much*
better. Loads of toys get played with for a bit, then forgotten about for a
few weeks. Batteries often flat when toy rediscovered a month later.

Maybe it's just the crap ones? I'm guessing you have half decent powertools?

Darren