Even worse, if one battery is exhaused, the reverse charging on it may
cause leakage of caustic material.
So, for a shot or two with full batteries, no harm. Otherwise, watch
out.
Tom
On 12 Jul 99, at 19:57, Chip Stratton <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Wil it harm to mix normal and NiCd batteries?
> > Wille it harm to mix fully charged and usen NiCd's?
> >
> > Wiliam Wagenaar
> >
> It may well harm the NiCd batteries if partially charged and fully charged
> cells are used together, unless that use is very brief. If one (or more)
> of the partially charged cells uses up all its juice well before the rest,
> and the device in question (flash) still functions on the resultant
> voltage, the discharged cell(s) will become reverse charged, which
> drastically shortens their useful life. Same would apply to NiCd cells
> mixed with alkalines.
>
>
> Chip Stratton
> cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
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