What happened to my Tenergy AA's

NotSoBrightBob

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I've been trying to move in to the more advanced levels of charging and caring for my NiMH AA cells. Recently I purchased a Maha 9000 and the BC9009.



I had 8 Tenergy AA's that I used in my son's RC controller so I pulled them out and did the break in on the Maha. They came off at a respectable 1900-2100 mah's for all 8. Since I purchased them sometime in 2009 and the rating was 2400 mah, I was pretty pleased with that.



Now after partially draining the batteries this weekend I popped them into the BC9009 and took the default 200ma charge rate and when they were done not a single cell showed more than 500 mah?



Wow I don't get it. Is the 200ma too low and the charging false quit before it was really complete? I thought that could only happen with too high of a charging current.



Any education would be appreciated.



Thanks
 
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