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hover tim

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Charging batteries
« on: August 16, 2010, 05:54:41 pm »
how long does a NHMI battery hold its charge for as i am doing a show and we wont have acces to power for charging really apart from a small generater ?
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Prophet

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Re: Charging batteries
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2010, 05:59:41 pm »
they tend to hold most of there charge for quite a period 2-3 weeks with not much of a loss but i would top them up after a week or so, you find that new batterys hold there charge better then old ones
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around

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Re: Charging batteries
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2010, 09:14:35 pm »
NiMH batteries have a greater "self-discharge" than NiCAD.  Most normal NIMH typically show a 5-10% discharge in the first 24hrs after charging, followed by 1% per day there after.  This is at "room temperature".   Higher temperature will lead to higher self-discharge.

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Adrian
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andrewh

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Re: Charging batteries
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2010, 09:23:56 pm »
Tim,

Couldn't you charge (or top up) from a car battery or other 12V source?

andrew
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