Triton Jr Charging question
11-16-2006, 08:51 PM
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Triton Jr Charging question
Hi all,
I am new to the forums. I just bought a Triton Jr for my universal charger. I have a question, I went to radio shack and purchased a 4AA battery holder to charge up my AA batts that I use. The last couple of times I have tried to charge up 4 AA 2000mah batteries, the charger goes to 1100mah and goes into trickle charge (I charged them at 1.4amps according to battery for fast charge) Shouldn't the mah numbers be higher? I discharged the cells prior to use. The cells are rather new. I also have a question regarding discharging the batts as well. When discharging 4AA batts at a time I would discharge down to 4.0v at say 500mah or so correct? Sorry to be so dumb, but it seems to me that all my batts are not holding at least 95% charge according to the triton. Can anyone suggest some tips or maybe it must be operator error?
Thanks,
Joey
I am new to the forums. I just bought a Triton Jr for my universal charger. I have a question, I went to radio shack and purchased a 4AA battery holder to charge up my AA batts that I use. The last couple of times I have tried to charge up 4 AA 2000mah batteries, the charger goes to 1100mah and goes into trickle charge (I charged them at 1.4amps according to battery for fast charge) Shouldn't the mah numbers be higher? I discharged the cells prior to use. The cells are rather new. I also have a question regarding discharging the batts as well. When discharging 4AA batts at a time I would discharge down to 4.0v at say 500mah or so correct? Sorry to be so dumb, but it seems to me that all my batts are not holding at least 95% charge according to the triton. Can anyone suggest some tips or maybe it must be operator error?
Thanks,
Joey
11-16-2006, 09:08 PM
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RE: Triton Jr Charging question
Hi, welcome to forum.
It seems they are either not empty or not full. If they are all equal (in the same state of charge) or used in the same appliance then right after they are charged the temperature of the cells is a good indicator . If they are hot then they are full and if so then we may be able to assume they are just not getting empty when discharged.
It seems they are either not empty or not full. If they are all equal (in the same state of charge) or used in the same appliance then right after they are charged the temperature of the cells is a good indicator . If they are hot then they are full and if so then we may be able to assume they are just not getting empty when discharged.
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RE: Triton Jr Charging question
Thanks for the reply,
I kind of thought of that as well. I use these batteries in my scanners and two-way radios that I use all the time. If I discharge the batts from time to time using my AA batt case should I set the discharge to say 500mah, 4.0v (4batts)? When measuring the batts voltage using a multimeter I get right at 1.0 volts on all batts, so i would assume they are 100% discharged correct?
Thanks a million,
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I kind of thought of that as well. I use these batteries in my scanners and two-way radios that I use all the time. If I discharge the batts from time to time using my AA batt case should I set the discharge to say 500mah, 4.0v (4batts)? When measuring the batts voltage using a multimeter I get right at 1.0 volts on all batts, so i would assume they are 100% discharged correct?
Thanks a million,
Joey
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RE: Triton Jr Charging question
If all the cells are equalised then 4 volts at 500 ma should really be enough to discharge nearly all the capacity out. You could go a little lower to 3 volts or so OR you can reduce the rate and either method will pull them down lower. You kinda have to watch that no one cell goes too low. Have to probe each one repeatedly WHILE dischargeing . If they are indeed empty then maybe they aren't full.
Possibly you can charge and when aproaching the 1000 mark stare at the voltage to verify that it really does drop. Watch for bad and wiggly connections too.
Possibly you can charge and when aproaching the 1000 mark stare at the voltage to verify that it really does drop. Watch for bad and wiggly connections too.
