Jon Jenkins <jjenkins@STAFF.BOND.EDU.AU> said:

> The situation with NiMH is quite complex
> but the theory goes some thing like this:
>
> start:
> charge pulse for 100-500ms at 2-4x Ah rating
> monitor dv/dt for inflection

> reverse charge for 10ms at 0.1 rate

> monitor dT/dt for rise
> monitor total charge x time
> goto start

fyi,
Panasonic has some good info on their batteries here

http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/battery/oem/chem
/nicmet/index.html

Also, panasonic says NEVER reverse charge a NiMH
battery.

What do you mean by PULSE charge ?

Thanks,
      Kevin

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