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Originally Posted by Cobb
Dont get too anal with the settings.  This isnt an exact science and a hobby charger is not what the pros use to test these cells. You want to be able to compare your results with your neighbor or someone in another city in the same boat with you.
If Jim just uses a hobby charger out of the box on the nickel metal setting, Kim, so should Joe so they can compare the results on an even playing field.  |
Not trying to be anal. Just cautious, when the manual says make sure you adjust max current and time charging and bla bla bla, because if you don't you can damage your batteries, I just want to be sure I set things right to avoid that. Thats all.
I have finished 3 sticks. Formula, I cannot do a complete double stick at the same time, because the moment I connect a positive and a negative lead to the same point (on the welded connection) the charger starts screaming reverse polarity. Not a huge deal, I am now cycling 4 double sticks at once, but only cycling one side of each stick at a time.
I have numbers from the first 3 sticks I did. I just made another set of long leads so that I can cycle 4 at once.
When I look at the numbers below, its like looking at DNA strands..I am lost.
Good, bad, terrible, passable?
STICK 9 CHARGE DISCHARGE
FIRST 4456 1427
SECOND 2447 1331
THIRD 2321 1331
FOURTH 2418 1332
FIFTH 2307 1336
INITIAL V 8.62
END V 8.47
STICK 14 CHARGE DISCHARGE
FIRST 4233 1413
SECOND 1033 1340
THIRD 3130 1360
FOURTH 2423 1346
FIFTH 2437 1342
INITIAL V 8.57
END V 8.44
STICK 15 CHARGE DISCHARGE
FIRST 4268 1432
SECOND 2382 1346
THIRD 2308 1346
FOURTH 2326 1347
FIFTH 2325 1348
INITIAL V 8.57
END V 8.43