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Default Cheap Chinese shaver & Ni-Mh cell.


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I would check first to see if the battery is being adeqautely charged
by the Chinese charger. Charge the battery in situ, and then
remove it, and do a discharge test, and see how many mAh it supplies.


** I reckon you have nailed it.

That charger is meant to bring a 500mAh cell up to full capacity in about
12 to 24 hours and hold there it will a trickle of about 30mA.

If used with a 2300mAh NiMh cell, it will never become fully charged.


I would think the Chinese charger sense the voltage of the cell, not
counting the number of mAh put into it.


** More likely, it does neither.


So the charger would still be able to charge the cell, it just takes
longer. Like about a week give or take.


** Totally wrong.

2300mAh NiMH cells will not charge at all at 30mA.


Depending on shaving frequency and beard properties, the charger may not
be able to keep up with the usage.


** ROTFL...




..... Phil