"Dave Platt" wrote in message
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Had these cells been "formed" properly prior to your test (via several
slow-charge / slow-discharge cycles)? There seems to be a general
agreement that NiMH cells don't achieve their maximum storage capacity
unless they've gone through several cycles like this, and that many
manufacturers don't take the time to do this during the manufacturing
process.

Why should they, when it would add to the cells' cost? Given the relatively
low price of uP-controlleed chargers, there's no point.