Confused - battery charged much faster than expected

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Newly Enlightened
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This morning I charged an AA battery at 700ma. According to the manual for my La Crosse charger this should have taken about 3 hours. Instead it only took 30 minutes. It's been a month since the last charge, so between self-discharge and regular use it should have been quite depleted.

Does this indicate a faulty charger or is there another explanation? The battery was sitting around for a year or two before I started using it last month for the first time.
 

Lynx_Arc

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If it was used lightly then self discharge may have only been about 15% or so in a month so 30 mins equates to about 1/6 charge lost or 17%. Different nimh batteries self discharge at differing rates depending on brand and environment stored in.
 
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