Eneloop 06-06-LU dying

Marc999 · Sep 21, 2013

Well, apparently even eneloops aren't infallible.

I just finished a C9000 Break-in on 12 AA Eneloops, that I like to do once/year.
10 of 12 came in at over 1900 mah. 1 @ 1850+, and finally another at 1752.
I took that 1752 eneloop and discharged at 100 ma, followed by another break-in. This time it's sitting at 1726 ma. Poor guy. As far as I know it wasn't abused. Just normal use in a flashlight (jetbeam ba20 or zebralight sc51w).

Anybody else come across this?

TinderBox (UK) · Sep 21, 2013

Channel 2 on my C9000 will not charge anymore, it will discharge fine, i was trying to break-in some new 1800 cycle AA eneloops, my charger is 40months old and the warranty is 36

John.

ChrisGarrett · Sep 21, 2013

Marc999 said:
Well, apparently even eneloops aren't infallible.

I just finished a C9000 Break-in on 12 AA Eneloops, that I like to do once/year.
10 of 12 came in at over 1900 mah. 1 @ 1850+, and finally another at 1752.
I took that 1752 eneloop and discharged at 100 ma, followed by another break-in. This time it's sitting at 1726 ma. Poor guy. As far as I know it wasn't abused. Just normal use in a flashlight (jetbeam ba20 or zebralight sc51w).

Anybody else come across this?

I've got a twitchy AAA 'green' Eneloop that's got a 2011 production date and came as part of a 12 piece dark/light green blister pack. Its capacity isn't quite up to par with the other 11 and it seems to be the lowest one when I remove the quad from my RF mouse, so stuff happens, I guess?

Eneloops are still man made objects and man is imperfect, but at least they're relatively cheap objects!

Chris

jtr1962 · Sep 21, 2013

I have two AAAs of 2006 vintage which weren't abused but give a "HIGH" reading in the C9000. I just charge them in my BC-900 instead. They still work fine in low-current drain applications. Eneloops are far from infallible, but I've had many other types of NiMH which were fine when stored, and have problems the next time I use them. Eneloops are inherently stable. I know I can charge them, store them, and they'll still be good a few years later.

Eneloop 06-06-LU dying

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