David VanHorn wrote:

> I hate to say it, but it's real.
>
> http://www.dvanhorn.org/NIMH/Index.php
>
> For years, I have supported the position that there was no such thing in consumer cells.  Well.. I was wrong.
>
> I recently built a jig for testing battery charger systems under development, and having seen Sanyo's data sheet explaining about the memory effect, and for the first time, a specific set of conditions to bring it about, I couldn't resist.
>
> I altered my battery test rig to produce the short discharge cycles, and there it is.
>
> The details are about halfway down the page, with plots of the data.
>
Your article sure seems to explain the behavior I've had with

the AA NiMH cells I use in my camera. Would discharging them

through a couple of Kohms do the trick?
What, if any, difference is there between charging cells individually,
but in the camera they are connected as a 4 cell battery?

Good article, thanks.

Jim

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