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Default NiMH Batteries: Long-Term Storage ?

(PeteCresswell) wrote:

I accidentally wound up with an extra set of NiMH batteries and it's
going to be quite a long time before the first set goes South and I need
the second - as in 1-2 years at least.

How would you store that extra set so as to maximize it's
life/availablity?

Fully-charged ?

As they came in the box ?

Something else ?....

Or just bite the bullet and figure on them not surviving that long on
the shelf ?

How about swapping them out in the device every couple months? That might
preserve them. I think if one is just left sitting, it will go bad.

Jon