Whoops. .NiMh AA mistake. .

I've got 4 of those Turboflare dealies for setting up a temporary LZ in case of an emergency. Anyway, I'd had some car work done so I put them in a bin and tossed them in the back of the truck, and hadn't touched them in months.

Today, I was moving them and flipped them on. 3/4 worked just fine, and the last one would barely light up the battery indicator. I took it inside and opened it up, and I found the digicam batteries I'd "lost" a while ago. Oops. So they're inside thawing out a little, but I really need to know how much damage I've done. After they get warm, can I charge them back up and go from there??

charge away.... I dont think cold will damage batteries normally.... but it will make some batteries not work well till they warm upl

Yeah, cold won't damage them, but I've read that you shouldn't charge them when they are cold.

If they're NiMH cells stored months, it's quite reasonable that they've self discharged by now. Naught to do with the weather.....

Doug Owen