Which charging rate you will choose?

[Sanyo.Eneloop]

I have a Sony BCG-34HC charger, which is capable of charging AA NiMH at 525mA or 1050mA,I recently bought 4 new Eneloop(1500 cycles ones) and I am worrying that if I charge them at 1050mA they might get killed in short time,is this true?

 

[Mr Happy]

I have a Sony BCG-34HC charger, which is capable of charging AA NiMH at 525mA or 1050mA,I recently bought 4 new Eneloop(1500 cycles ones) and I am worrying that if I charge them at 1050mA they might get killed in short time,is this true?

No.

 

[infinus]

LOL..... I charge mine at 2000ma! No problems yet.

 

[hwc]

Assuming the charger has good termination detection, I'd charge at 1050mA. The slight drop in voltage at full charge is more detectable with a faster charge than it is with a slower charge, so it's actually easier for the charger to detect. That's probably an ideal charging rate with a good charger -- although either setting should work fine. Things get a little dicey at 2000mA charge rates. More heat. I'll use that if I need to charge batteries in a big hurry, but my prefered setting is 1000ma for AA and 500 ma for AAA -- basically a two-hour charge.

 

[radellaf]

1000mA is normally better. I still often use the slow (300mA) setting on my old Maha MH-C401FS since I'd rather miss a termination on slow than deal with how hot the cells sometimes get on fast. Eneloops are doing ok on Fast, but a lot of other cells I had problems with.

 

[Lightfoot98]

I charge all my NiMh AA cells at 1000mah just because of the better chance of delta-v termination.

 

[RCM]

I usually charge mine at 250mA for AA and AAA, and if I am in a hurry, 1500mA for AA or or 600mA for AAA has never failed me...I have a 1 hour old digital concepts charger, and a rezap RBC883 (which I like a little better...)

 

[tolkaze]

1000 for AA's you may experience a bit too much heat at that rate for AAA's though

 

[lightseeker2009]

I just put them in my Maha 808 and wait for them to finish. Works like a charm:)