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Old 09-27-2015, 05:16 PM
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So I am looking into buying some wall warts. Just moved and threw like 5 of them away.....I was like I will never need these....now I want them back for my Nimhs. Anyway, i want a 150 Mah one for my 1650 Nimhs but they all say 5.8 VDC. The 100 Mah one say 4.8 VDC. I know a wall wart is a wall wart but can the 5.8 VDC ones charge my 4.8 volt batteries???

Originally Posted by P-40 DRIVER
Two things do in batteries, cycles and time. The reason for getting rid of batteries reguardless of the cycle count is time. Batteries start to break down over time, and will have a catastrophic failure at some point. This point gets much more likely after 2-3 years of use. The A123 cells may last much longer but unlike NiCads we don't have much data. The other thing is alot of people are runing LiFe batteries and calling them A123's which they are not. Those batteries such as Hobbico LiFe are not nearly as robust.