I was once told that NiCd batteries should come fully discharged and have a
much longer shelf storage versus once they receive their initial charge. I
do not know if this is indeed true or not, but it seemed to make sense to
me. I do know that fully charged and fairly new NiCd batteries will fully
discharge on their own without any external current drawn over a period of
2-3 months.

Bob



"rolling" rolling@along wrote in message ...
Just wondering what the typical initial voltage is of a new aa or aaa
nicad battery before the first time you charge it. I just bought some
and the voltage ranges from .9 to .99 volts which seems too low to me, I
know it is very bad to let batteries full to this voltage normally but
what about when they are brand new, are these voltages ok then,as
anybody else measured the votlage on new batteries before charging them
for the first time. I wonder if the ones I bought have been on the shelf
too long.