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Old November 9th, 2009, 15:15   #9
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Originally Posted by Crunchmeister View Post
NiMH shouldn't be discharged AT ALL. As in NEVER. It ruins the cells. NiMH are best kept fully charged at all times.
haven't had an issue with a discharge cycle on any of my NiMH batteries.

The TLP-15 stops before it is fully discharged or goes into polarity reversal. (yeah I had to look it up to remember)

Now, you don't want to be doing a discharge cycle with NiMH all the time but I haven't had any adverse affects or longevity issues with the occasional discharge.

Lithium-Ion batteries are the ones that like to be charged and topped up 100% all the time. ie Cell phone and camera batteries.
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