At 08:33 AM 3/22/2004 -0800, William Chops Westfield wrote:

>On Monday, Mar 22, 2004, at 05:26 US/Pacific, Anthony Toft wrote:
>
>>What is the minimum circuitry to charge a NiMH battery?
>
>Constant current at 0.1C for 12-14 hours.  Ie a reasonably stable
>voltage supply and a resistor...

Check the cell spec.  0.1C constant charge takes a special NIMH cell.
Sanyo's C series are rated for this.
Some NIMH cells are rated for ZERO constant (unterminated) charge current, and they aren't kidding.

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