A week ago at our holiday family gathering I was bummed to pull out my camera flash and find that I had left it in standby when I put it away several months ago, effectively keeping a constant drain on the pretty nice Duracell NiMH's I use in my strobes. I wasn't too bummed, though, because I've had them for a while and was planning to replace them with some Eneloops. Then I was surprised that after putting them in the Maha, they seem to have recovered even though they must have been pretty close to 0.0v per cell. They powered my flash just fine through the holidays. In the past when I've deep discharged my NiCad's, it pretty well wrecked them, so this is a nice change.
This evening, however, I am moderately horrified to discover that I left my nice and relatively unused 2nd gen Eneloops in my TK40 for probably over a year, subjecting them to an unintentional and super nasty torture test for sure. I don't know how I managed to do that, I'm usually very careful to unscrew the TK40's head before putting it away. :mecry:
I've got them in the Maha, but so far only one cell is showing a voltage.
Any suggestions for ways to recover these poor abused souls?
This evening, however, I am moderately horrified to discover that I left my nice and relatively unused 2nd gen Eneloops in my TK40 for probably over a year, subjecting them to an unintentional and super nasty torture test for sure. I don't know how I managed to do that, I'm usually very careful to unscrew the TK40's head before putting it away. :mecry:
I've got them in the Maha, but so far only one cell is showing a voltage.
Any suggestions for ways to recover these poor abused souls?