16 hours is a full charge, but Eneloops come with a fair amount of charge. I'd go with 8 hours. The charger will stop as soon as it detects the cells beginning to heat up. You'll see the message "NOT 0 - 40C", if I remember correctly.
wunder K6WRU On Apr 10, 2014, at 6:27 PM, lane zeitler <[email protected]> wrote: > Just received my Sanyo eneloop 2500 mAH rechargeable batteries niMH > cells......will start the charge cycle when I get home from work tonight. How > long should I charge them for...this will be the first charge and I have not > used the radio yet at all with these new batteries. > > Also, if I keep the xmit power down to about 3watts what kind of operation > time can I expect with casual SSB xmissions? Any thoughts on this are > appreciated, thanks. > > LCDR Lane Zeitler > Ku7i > JH1JCM > Forward Deployed > US Naval Hospital > Yokosuka Japan > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] -- Walter Underwood [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
