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William Sommerwerck William Sommerwerck is offline
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Default NiMH new battery conditioning

"Phil Allison" wrote in message
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Higher rates
are recommended, supposedly because they pump more charge
into the cell before the cutoff voltage or temperature is reached.


** Requires a smart charger, matched packs of cells et alia ad nauseam.
A whole different ball game.


Not for me. I own two smart chargers.


I rarely charge faster than 0.3C.


** Still well capable of ruining NiMH cells left on charge for too long.


See preceding.