Maha C9000 Top-Off after "Done"?

[snakyjake]

I've read on the forum that the Maha C9000 charger does a top-off charge after the charger says it's done.

Is this a bug? Or is this a feature?

From my reading there seems to be a lot of charging algorithms and perhaps it's a complicated "feature" or "bug" to fix. If it's a bug, is it easily fixable by Maha? Perhaps it will be fixed in the future.

Thanks,

Jake

 

[fireguy]

I've read on the forum that the Maha C9000 charger does a top-off charge after the charger says it's done.

Is this a bug? Or is this a feature?

From my reading there seems to be a lot of charging algorithms and perhaps it's a complicated "feature" or "bug" to fix. If it's a bug, is it easily fixable by Maha? Perhaps it will be fixed in the future.

Thanks,

Jake

It's not a bug, it's designed into the charger and is mentioned in the manual. The topoff charge is 100 mA for 2 hours after the charge has completed. The maintenance charge is 10 mA and is a trickle charge to keep the battery full. If I understand correctly, you will see the voltage increase during this topoff phase, up to 0.02V, but the displayed mAh capacity will not increase as that calculation has already been performed.

 

[snakyjake]

Then...for maximum charged capacity, it's not really done until 2 hours after it says it is done. Right?

Why doesn't it just say it's done 2 hours later, after the top-off charge?
Or does Maha not think the top-off charge adds much value?
Perhaps they include the feature to provide us with as much as they know how to give, even though it might just be a small amount?