Initial charge of battery

[DaveG28]

Hi all,

Have a new battery, 6 cell nimh. The first time you charge them should you discharge them first? Equalise? Or just whack charge straight in?

Dave

[sosidge]

They probably dont have any charge to speak of in them if they are brand new however I would equalise first to be safe.

[Fiddybux]

Yeah I would equalise before any major charging...but I would stick a couple of hundred mAh in there so that you wake the cells and then equalise. This was you'll at least have something to equalise with. Don't put loads in though...just a bit.

I suppose this philosophy is the same kind of idea as eating before going on a major sesh on the piss...so you have something to be sick on. :) Not really though...poor analogy really. I've had a few...