Re: Home Brew Chargers anyone?

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:51:07 -0500, "MJKolodziej"
<mjmwcsREMOVEKILLERCHAOS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>AFAIK LiPos don't self discharge so couldn't I charge then today and have

>them ready next spring?

They do self discharge, but extremely slowly. The problem is that they
deteriorate faster when they are fully charged than when they are
about half charged. Some chargers have a "storage charge" mode that
charges them about half full and then stops.

Kong Power say you can also store their batteries fully charged in the
freezer.

>That would be a good feature for Nicads and NiMh.

There is a relatively new technology available for NiMH. It reduces
self discharge dramatically, at the cost of some capacity reduction,
compared to conventional technology. These batteries go under names
such as Sanyo Eneloop, Varta Ready2Use or Duracell Active Charge. I'm
sure there are other brands as well.
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RoRo