2. What happens if I charge the batteries for too long a period of time, say
>10 hours or so?
Ron -- Don't over charge! Put a light timer on the charger and set it for four
hours. Here is an excerpt from the summary of the
repair that I did after I overcharged my control pack batteries -- several
Olympus List members helped guide me through the
repair, and there are some new ideas there, also.
http://www.astro.wellesley.edu/lhawkins/photo/camrep.faq.html#ques_O3
*** Notes on Recharging ***
The Olympus charger performs a quick charge. The current is about
26-30 mA, although the specifications say 36 mA. Olympus recommends
charging for 4-5 hours, and this is fine for NiMH cells.
If you want to know whether a cell is damaged or not, you must
measure the voltage of each cell separately. A dead cell will always
give 0 volts, as far as I know, or even a negative value (reversed
voltage effect).
An automatic light switch timer will allow you to set a four hour
charging time and prevent overcharging the new battery.
Here is the link in case you need to go further into the repair:
http://www.astro.wellesley.edu/lhawkins/photo/camrep.faq.html#ques_O3
By the way, I have changed back to Nickel Cadmium batteries from the
Nickel Metal Hydride Cells and have used two entire nine volt NiCd packs
which fit nicely into the compartment.
Hank Hogan <http://www.netcom.com/~flzhgn/indexc.htm>
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