I'll second Moose's recommendation of (if not this particular charger) a
charger which can do each cell individually. I have two old chargers
(expensive for their day) which only charge in pairs. The problem with
pairs is that, if you have a single cell that's failing, pairing it with
a good battery can drag the other battery down. I've never had an
Eneloop failure but my original set of NiMH batteries was 8 Panasonics
(but not pre-charge type). They are all gone now dying out one by one.
Trying to figure out which was which with a charger that works only in
pairs is difficult.
If any of my Eneloops begins to fade I'll probably finally replace my
chargers with something better.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/20/2013 5:53 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 1/20/2013 8:12 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
>> I'll try those. These are the ones I got:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000632T3/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00
>>
>> And they're supposed to be compatible, even according to the Olympus
>> manual. But it takes forever to charge the flash, if it ever does, and
>> then one pop and it won't recharge. And this is after a full charge in a
>> charger that's supposed to be specifically for them.
>
> Do I misunderstand? Are you trying to recharge these? They are one-shot, not
> rechargeable.
>
> Don't confuse Lithium batteries with Li(thium)Ion batteries. (As has just
> been done in the subject line of the thread
> ChrisT just started about Li-ion, rechargeable batteries for 4/3 E-thingies.)
>
> The Eneloops Chuck linked to are indeed the answer. I use them in all sorts
> of things. Long shelf life with minimal loss
> of charge, lots of power, highly reliable. Waaaay cheaper than one-shot
> alkaline or lithium batteries for extended uses.
> Much higher energy capacity than alkalines.
>
> Not safe for some really old things, like the Oly T18 and Quick Auto flashes,
> that depend on internal resistance of
> alkalines as part of the charging circuit. They can deliver enough amperage
> to fry such things.
>
> The earliest Eneloop charger would charge individual batteries, but for some
> years, their own chargers will only charge
> pairs. With the advent of various flashlights and other devices that use one,
> three, or other odd numbers of batteries,
> this is a problem.
>
> I use the older design Eneloop charger as a secondary device, but primarily,
> I use a La Crosse Technology BC-700
> charger.
> <http://www.amazon.com/Crosse-Technology-BC-700-Battery-Charger/dp/B000RSOV50/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1358721529&sr=1-1&keywords=lacrosse+bc-700>
>
> I think I paid less than this for it, perhaps elsewhere, and a few years ago.
> It does all kinds of fancy stuff,
> including discharge cycling, for NiCad and NiMH batteries. But mostly I just
> like it for a really smart charge with
> individual circuits for each battery. They have a couple of similar sounding
> models. I don't know the differences.
>
> A. A. (A.) Moose
>
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