Battery Reconditioning

I have a nimh recharger, and I want to get additional batteries. I don’t want to have to buy a new charger, but I want to make sure I can recharge these new batteries.

Generally, any NiMH cell of the correct size should be usable,
but make certain that you use and charge them as sets,
not as individual cells that you grab and install at random.
(In other words, don’t mix-and-match cells without regard to
their brands and mAH ratings; use only matched sets.)

Last October, I bought a digital camera that uses AA cells.
I then bought some Sanyo "Eneloop" NiMH’s (a package
containing 8 AA’s and 4 AAA’s and a charger for them).
The camera uses 2 cells at a time, so I marked the AA’s
as pairs with numbers ("Pair 1", "Pair 2", etc.).

I just don’t want to burn down my home. When I search for replacement batteries for my phone, I only see NiMH batteries… hard to find NiCd like it came with.

Thanks.

The whole key is the ma rating. They should be the same as the old nicads. You might check out new phones. I can buy a new Uniden cordless answer phone cheaper than I can replace two batteries in my Panasonic cordless phones. $28 for the batteries and $24 for a new phone plus answer machine. Only one phone but who cares when the price is right.

I just don’t want to burn down my home. When I search for replacement batteries for my phone, I only see NiMH batteries… hard to find NiCd like it came with.

Thanks.

The whole key is the ma rating. They should be the same as the old nicads. You might check out new phones. I can buy a new Uniden cordless answer phone cheaper than I can replace two batteries in my Panasonic cordless phones. $28 for the batteries and $24 for a new phone plus answer machine. Only one phone but who cares when the price is right.

I just don’t want to burn down my home. When I search for replacement batteries for my phone, I only see NiMH batteries… hard to find NiCd like it came with.

Thanks.

The whole key is the ma rating. They should be the same as the old nicads. You might check out new phones. I can buy a new Uniden cordless answer phone cheaper than I can replace two batteries in my Panasonic cordless phones. $28 for the batteries and $24 for a new phone plus answer machine. Only one phone but who cares when the price is right.

I leave my rechargeable batteries in the garage, and I live in Michigan which is between 0-32 F for most of the winter. Is that killing them faster then normal?

No. However, any chemically based battery will slow down in cold weather – charging and discharging.