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Eneloop batteries question

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Modelworks said:
That is per spec from the manufacturers, not internet rumors of 1.0v.
The 1.29V is pulsed at high frequency and the way the circuit works it measures the voltage at the battery for 1.25V. Again per manufacturers spec.

Putting 1.45V on a battery to bring it to 1.25V is a linear method of charging and is not recommended.
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Links? I have never read anything that says 0.85V is an acceptible discharge level for a NiMH or NiCd. Again, below 1.0V, and certainly below 0.90V, will permanently damage a NiMH cell.

The Maha C9000 is one of the best chargers on the market, and it seems to charge my batteries very well. I trust that Maha knows what they're doing. A fully charged NiMH battery should read 1.35V after resting for 24hrs.

Unless these are specs for Eneloop type batteries specifically, or something? I may not be aware that they're that significantly different than regular NiMH batteries. Unless this is the case, your numbers are contrary to everything I've ever read, and my own personal experience.
 
0roo0roo said:
what battery "tester"?

any free enloop charger is going to be of dubious quality, i doubt even costco could sell a battery set with a decent charger without their customers facing a bit of price shock. bundled chargers are likely just 5 dollar cr@p.
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It's a Powerex tester that came with either the Powerex charger I mentioned above.

It's a small square thing that has an arm that lifts up and you put the battery between the base and arm and there's a gauge that says good/low/replace or recharge.
 
i use eneloop in everything must have 40 of them. I also use the charger that came with it. Works fine, Isnt a quick charge either takes 4+ hours id say.
 
pontifex said:
It's a Powerex tester that came with either the Powerex charger I mentioned above.

It's a small square thing that has an arm that lifts up and you put the battery between the base and arm and there's a gauge that says good/low/replace or recharge.
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useless, as said🙂
 
Beyond being useless, those are hard to use, the needle just keeps wagging back and forth forever😛 I bought one a long time ago cuz it was cheap ..for the kicks.
 
0roo0roo said:
Beyond being useless, those are hard to use, the needle just keeps wagging back and forth forever😛 I bought one a long time ago cuz it was cheap ..for the kicks.
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maybe you got a lemon, because mine doesn't keep wagging back and forth. It moves to the spot and stays there. I'm sure if I shook it it might move.

Sure, it's not precise, but it can tell me if the battery is dead/low or still ahs charge.
 
Never had a bad Eneloop out of the box but I buy them from Thomas Dist.

I use this Powerex charger made by Maha for my Eneloop and other rechargeable AA and AAA and it works like a charm. And is know to support low discharge batteries like the Eneloop as some chargers do not. It charges 4 at a time and you can set each batteries charge/discharge rate separately.

http://www.thomasdistributing.com/s...html?SP_id=&osCsid=n2nu0kvb88f7lpp8vlttlumiu3
 
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pontifex said:
maybe you got a lemon, because mine doesn't keep wagging back and forth. It moves to the spot and stays there. I'm sure if I shook it it might move.

Sure, it's not precise, but it can tell me if the battery is dead/low or still ahs charge.
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i bet it can show you the voltage without load, thats not too hard. i have doubts it does anything useful. never mind if its calibrated for alkalines or nimh. the decent chargers like lacross and such can cycle through a battery and tell you its true capacity and state. the cheap tester doesn't tell you much useful, even some of my very old cells i stopped using for a year still are "good" by the testers reading, their capacity is probably pitiful even when fully charged at the wear level they are at though. i looked at some of my batteries in my devices that i know have been used for a while, they all read "good" but its pretty vague, you gotta beat the battery dry before it reads below that.
 
Eli is right, these batteries like to be kept charged, unlike the old NiCDs. If you discharged them too far you might have damaged them. The only other thing I can think of is if they were rebranded knockoffs and not real eneloops to begin with, which is highly unlikely. In any case, get new eneloops and treat them right next time, don't discharge them too far. And don't let them get too hot while charging either. Get a good smartcharger, it's worth it.
 
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