> And remember that nimh lose 10% of their charge per day on average.
>

>Is this really true? I bought NiMh AAA batteries for
>a device I use, as these had higher capacity than
>the equivalent NiCd batteries. But this device only gets
>used every now and then...

yeah I was wondering that too. 10 days shelf life from charge? does not really
sound right to me. I would have thought nearer 1% worst case, and that is still
less than a 1/3 of a year.

I do not have expertise with these but 10% does sound somewhat off as a figure.

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