'William Chops" Westfield ' <westfw@mac.com wrote:
>> NimH may have superior cycle life wrt Lixxx depending on how used.
>> Has NO calendar life.
>
> I dunno.  I've had a lot of NiMH cells that seem to become completely
> dead and unchargeable after having sat around for a while (say, 1
> year.)

I've had the same experience, although maybe it was more like 2 years for
me.  In any case, I've definitely seen NiMH cells become unchargeable just
from sitting around.  Others from the same batch that I was regularly
cycling also failed about the same time.


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