Herb Chong wrote: > > brands vary a lot. high capacity ones have a very high self discharge rate > > and need to be topped off as close to actual use time as practical. that > > means unless you charge up the night before, or even closer to when you need > > them, you have quite a bit less capacity than stated. i also strongly > > recommend a charger that monitors each cell as it charges. it will have one > > status LED for each cell. you'll get more useful capacity and longer useful > > life this way.
and Gonz wondered: > Who makes chargers like these? I have your typical two batteries per > monitor, and I know its suboptimal. Do you mean like the Energizer ones? We bought one at Wal*Mart. Takes four batteries. There's an LED for each battery. I've been using it to charge batteries for my *istD and my children's flashlights. ERN
