My (limited) understanding is that NiMH cells really don't like more than C/20 - and in many cases the definition of C is, um, very optimistic. I'd restrict trickle charging to C/40 or C/50 - but that is finger in the wind.
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On 22/07/18 00:52, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
I have a couple control panels from a machine tool where the design was for the Varta 3.6V 70mAh batteries that were common on computer motherboards. When they became NLA, the company started using NiMh batteries without a redesign. They leak in under a year, and badly damage the interface board. I just received some rechargable Li-ion batteries to try, when I repair the boards.
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Michael A. Terrell
-----Original Message-----
From: Harvey White <madyn@...>
Sent: Jul 21, 2018 7:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Tektronix DM5010 NiCa 2.4V battery replacement
On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 18:36:42 -0400 (GMT-04:00), you wrote:
You can still buy Ni-Cad replacements for cordless phones, but I always extend the leads and mount them away from anything they can damage. You may have to buy a three cell package and remove one cell, but some are easily reworked and cheap. They are sold by many places, and on Ebay.
Agreed. There are two cell packages (somewhere) as well. The main
problem with the NiCds is twofold. One is the amount of time between
use/charge and loss of calibration data. The second one, (of more
interest once you finally have the calibration equipment) is the
damage a leaking NiCd will cause. Hopefully, the Lithium primary
cells don't do that. IIRC, such cells were not included in the
design, although I do remember one in the AWG series.
Harvey
