Nimh is really better than Nicd?

Zephyranthes · #1 03-31-2003, 09:53 AM

Is Nimh really better than Nicd in reliability? I'm having trouble with my dual cell nicd, and I think it was because I was charging it before it was fully discharged. Maybe the memory cells wacked it up? If I make it into Nimh, will it fix the problem?

SlowbutCourious · #2 03-31-2003, 09:56 AM

hogjowlz where are u?

hogjowlz · #3 03-31-2003, 10:01 AM

no not really they both work fine. i believe nimh will give you a little more voltage when fully charged but its negligable. other than the one bad battery that i had in a clone i dont see much difference between them all as far as performance goes.

my favorite batteries so far have been the 100mah batteries that came with zipzaps and zcars. i think thats mainly cuz they take forever to drain.

Zephyranthes · #4 03-31-2003, 08:32 PM

I switched the batteries to Nimh. Seems to be working very well.

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my favorite batteries so far have been the 100mah batteries that came with zipzaps and zcars. i think thats mainly cuz they take forever to drain.

Haha, thats pretty cool because those were the only 2 100mah nimh batteries I had. Hopefully it will last forever also.

Zephyranthes · #5 04-01-2003, 05:48 PM

Geez, I see what you mean they take forever to drain. I charged it last night and drove it around for a little bit. Thios afternoon after school, it was still charged.