ORIGINAL: RCKen
Campgems,
Ni-mhs will go into cell reversal as well. With batteries these days there is no reason at all to cycle the batteries other than to find their capacity. So if you don't have a battery cycler that can measure the capacity of the battery you really are wasting your time draining the batteries and calling it cycling. You are better off just recharging the batteries.
Ken
Ken, I suspected the Ni-MH would not take kindly to being discharged to 0 volt but I wasn't sure. Thanks for that info.
I've got an older AccuCycle and it's main use is to cycle the battery to get a feel for it's condition. That and charging my 6V battery in one of my planes, although I'm liking my field charger bettter all the time.
The charger you give the link to has one thing that I think is vey improtant and that is the thermal sensor. That would have saved me a couple batteries. What I can't figure though is how you use it for a receiver battery. My batteries are usually burried under the fuel tank or some other inaccessable place. Or do you put a sensor on each and run the leads out?
Don