I use the internal charger in my KX3 to keep some NiMH batteries
charged. I take them out occasionally, but not very often as they see
very little use since I almost always use an external battery. I'm
careful not to overcharge by running the charger for short periods and
keeping an eye on battery voltage. I pulled them last night to run the
batteries on a more sophisticated charger to check each cell as I'm
heading out tomorrow for a week long camping trip. No indication of
problems with any cell.
When I started to reinsert the cells this morning I noticed the spring
end of one cell slot had melted plastic in the spring and the spring is
pushed through the end of the holder almost touching the large cap on
the filter board. I almost certainly have a bad cell, now to figure out
which one.
Learn from my mistake, pull the batteries regularly and check them along
with the holder if you're using the internal charger.
Now off to the rat shack (I still have one of the independent stores
here) to search for a suitable replacement.
Tighe
NK4I
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