Hi John,
You may be able to find various excellent NiCd chargers at a
hobby store that handles a lot of electric models ... racing cars,
boats, and airplanes. When my sons and I were into racing 1/10th
scale radio controlled trucks we had a programmable charger that
was superb. A good one can be kind of pricey ... as I remember
the range a few years ago was between US$100 and US$300 ... but
you have control of both charge and discharge rates, trickle
rate, cutoff point, etc. Well worth it if you have a high
battery usage.
Good luck,
-Nick
John Palmer wrote:
>
> I have a long and ignoble history of trashing NiCd batteries through
> overcharging. I would like to use NiMHs in all sorts of things,
> including the T32 and BG2 (obligatory Oly content!) but if I'm going
> to burn them out as well, it's an expensive option.
>
> I've been looking for intelligent chargers that will cope with NiMHs,
> so far without success. But I was at the Focus on Imaging exhibition
> in the UK this week, and a guy had some from a German manufacturer
> called Friwo which are just starting to be distributed here. Has
> anyone had experience of these?
>
> Also, has anyone managed to rig an intelligent charger for the NiCds
> in an MD2? Mine is off having the cells replaced (at H*U*G*E expense,
> this being the UK) and I would like to look after it as well as I can.
> I was going to ask if they could fit NiMHs, but this would still have
> cost a fair bit, with no guarantees, and John H recently posted a
> warning about this so I've gone with the kosher Oly option.
>
> Cheers all
> John
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