A Battery Question On Digital Cameras.

Gene

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We recently lost our 7 year old Kodak digital camera on a trip.

We just bought a Sony replacement camera. We still have the extra batteries and charger for the old Kodak. The new Sony has a Li-Ion flat battery like the Kodak's but it's listed as 3.6V where the Kodak's is listed as 3.7V.

Will the extra tenth of a volt damage or harm our new Sony camera in any way?
 

xul

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I don't see how - the charging protocol and nominal cell voltage is the same.
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▪ Nominal cell voltage 3.6 / 3.7 V

▪ ▪ A Li-Ion battery (a set of Li-Ion cells in series) is charged in 3 stages: [65][66]
1. CC
2. Balance (not required once a battery is balanced)
3. CV
Stage 1: CC: Apply charging current to the battery, until the voltage limit per cell is reached.
Stage 2: Balance: Reduce the charging current (or cycle the charging on and off to reduce the average current) while the State Of Charge of individual cells is balanced by a balancing circuit, until the battery is balanced.
Stage 3: CV: Apply a voltage equal to the maximum cell voltage times the number of cells in series to the battery, as the current gradually declines asymptotically towards 0, until the current is below a set threshold
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