On 8/27/05, Daniel Chia <danielcjh@yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
> Hi,
> 	Actually trickle charge is bad for NiMh 


 Indeed trickle charge is bad for any reversal batteries not only
NiMH. As well any very fast charge discharge cycle.
A NiMh (I'm talking about standard Ni-Mh which supply most of the
cordless phones/ GSM, or standard electronic consumers) can be used
for  long time only with 0.5C per charge and maximum 0.8C for
discharge. Everything out of these specifications are "tricks" which
works but finally are killing the battery. Complete long time
discharge-charge cycles are very good for Ni-MH and are called
regeneration cycles.

cheers,
Vasile

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