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z_Eismagier
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A possibly newbie-ish question, but something I've been wondering about lately.
From the days of leaky alkalines and crappy NiCd cells I still have this ingrained habit of taking the batteries out of any device I'm not going to use in the near future. Is this behavior still necessary/advantageous with modern NiMH cells in general, and Eneloops in particular?
The only reports of Eneloops leaking in a device (rather than during charging) that I've found could all be traced back to humidity, submersion, shock or other external causes rather than the cells themselves.
I assume that the biggest issue is that many modern devices don't actually open the circuit when turned off but rather go into a kind of standby mode that still draws a small amount of power, so the risk of accidentally discharging the cells too much would be the main concern, rather than the potential of leakage?
From the days of leaky alkalines and crappy NiCd cells I still have this ingrained habit of taking the batteries out of any device I'm not going to use in the near future. Is this behavior still necessary/advantageous with modern NiMH cells in general, and Eneloops in particular?
The only reports of Eneloops leaking in a device (rather than during charging) that I've found could all be traced back to humidity, submersion, shock or other external causes rather than the cells themselves.
I assume that the biggest issue is that many modern devices don't actually open the circuit when turned off but rather go into a kind of standby mode that still draws a small amount of power, so the risk of accidentally discharging the cells too much would be the main concern, rather than the potential of leakage?
