Can NiMH batteries be recharged using a normal AA charger?

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Wondering if I need to buy a NiMH charger for NiMH rechargeable AA
batteries or a normal AA charger will work with the NiMH batteries. Can
anyone tell me if this is possible?

Thanks in advance!

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<deepaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Wondering if I need to buy a NiMH charger for NiMH rechargeable AA
> batteries or a normal AA charger will work with the NiMH batteries. Can
> anyone tell me if this is possible?
>
> Thanks in advance!

Nice troll.

Just in case you're serious... You need an NiMh charger...and also to read
the package your batteries came in.

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The answer to your question is definitely yes. However, my son and his
friends have replaced the 'permanent' NiCD's in an electric razor with NiMH
and they seem to be ok using the original charge method. Probably takes
longer to charge.
Dave Cohen

"imbsysop" <imbsysop@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:42:42 -0700, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even
> number here)@cox..net> wrote:
>
>>
>><deepaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:1114565142.808053.99300@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>> Wondering if I need to buy a NiMH charger for NiMH rechargeable AA
>>> batteries or a normal AA charger will work with the NiMH batteries. Can
>>> anyone tell me if this is possible?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>>Nice troll.
>>
>>Just in case you're serious... You need an NiMh charger...and also to
>>read
>>the package your batteries came in.
>>
>
> well actually you don't :-) .. but only if .. you are not in a hurry
> and you don't care about possible battery damage .. :-) :-)
>

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Most "NORMAL" AA chargers were for rechargeable NiCad's. They typically
supply about 10% of the batteries current or less into a NiCad 1.2v at a
constant current and take approx 12-14 hours per charge. They work perfectly
fine for Nimh, although the higher the current rating of the Nimh the longer
it takes to charge. Read the charging requirements of any Nimh. The newer
Nimh chargers are made to pump much larger currents into a Nimh which heats
up the battery, but will charge them faster, a decent charger monitors the
temp and shuts down the current. Heating up a battery WILL shorten its life.
So as a matter of fact a slow charger will lengthen the life of a Nimh
battery. A Lithium Ion battery needs a constant Voltage charger. They can
NOT be charged on a "Normal AA" charger.



"David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b@dd-b.net> wrote in message
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> deepaa@gmail.com writes:
>
>> Wondering if I need to buy a NiMH charger for NiMH rechargeable AA
>> batteries or a normal AA charger will work with the NiMH batteries. Can
>> anyone tell me if this is possible?
>
> There is no such thing as a "normal AA charger". Chargers are
> specific to battery technologies -- nickel cadmium, nickel metal
> hydride (those two can often share a charger, at least if it's
> designed for that), lithium ion, rechargeable alkaline, lead acid,
> gell cel, whatever.
>
> If your charger doesn't say it's for NiMH batteries, it most likely
> isn't.
> --
> David Dyer-Bennet, <mailtod-b@dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/>
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In article <1114565142.808053.99300@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
<deepaa@gmail.com> wrote:

>Wondering if I need to buy a NiMH charger for NiMH rechargeable AA

Two words for you:

Maha.

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