[NSRCA-discussion] charging NiMH with NiCD charger
Ron Van Putte
vanputte at cox.net
Thu Oct 16 18:46:12 AKDT 2008
My personal opinion is that it's probably better than many other ways
to charge it. The 10C Futaba "wall wart" charger charges both nicad
and NiMH 4.8 volt packs at the same low rate of 100ma. I am a little
concerned that packing more mah into the same size cells is
accomplished at least partly by thinner insulation within the cell.
Charging at the high rates possible with some field chargers in this
situation is just asking for compromise of the insulation. Maybe
someone with more knowledge of these high mah cells can confirm or
refute what I wrote.
Ron Van Putte
On Oct 16, 2008, at 9:22 PM, JShulman wrote:
> I just realized that the battery in my 9C is a 2500 NiMH, but have
> been charging it with my standard Futaba NiCD wall charger. Any
> reason to worry?
>
> Regards,
> Jason
> www.jasonshulman.com
> www.shulmanaviation.com
> www.composite-arf.com
>
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG.
> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.8.1/1728 - Release Date:
> 10/16/2008 7:38 AM
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
More information about the NSRCA-discussion
mailing list