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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / November 2006long term storage of nimh
store them charged or discharged? someone said refrigerate. > store them charged or discharged? someone said refrigerate. Room temp. Trickle charge to peak capacity/voltage every 2 months or so. If you let em' sit for too long and they lose their charge, they're never going to hold a proper one again. Doc > store them charged or discharged? someone said refrigerate. I keep them discharged personally. Dont refrigerate, but I keep them in a cool dry place. NiMH batteries have a bad shelf life compared to Nicads so if you store them charged, it wont take long before they are flat anyway. Another reason for this is when I charge my batts, I dont like to have them discharging for too long because when I want to drive, I want to drive and not wait hours for batt to discharge :) Cheers Dre : > store them charged or discharged? someone said refrigerate. : [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] : : Cheers Dre someone just suggested leaving permanently connected to an intelligent trickle charger. i know my prodigy II when set to 5 amps will pump out 250mah after the charge finished indicator comes on. at 1 amp it produces 50mah. Kid left charger on at school over school holidays. fire started after a week. > : > store them charged or discharged? someone said refrigerate. > : [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > 50mah. Kid left charger on at school over school holidays. fire started > after a week. There is no way I leave any sort of charger on unattended, not to mention permanently on!!!. I dont even leave them on overnight when I'm at home! (expect for AA size batts which take 12 hours anyway) I charge all my stuff in the garage where it is the coldest and I still have stick packs over 5 years old and cranking along nicely. Cheers Dre > Kid left charger on at school over school holidays. fire started > after a week. OMFG!!! That's like putting a Lithium Polymer battery to charge on your bed and then going out for a hour or two. |
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