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Scubamedicjoe

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hey has any one tried one of these battery charger for AA rechargable batterys 2000mAh
PowerEx unveils its new MH-C401FS 100 Minute Cool Charger, the flagship AA / AAA charger that charges NiMH / NiCD batteries completely, accurately, and coolly, in around 100 minutes.
 
No... but any of those chargers will give approximately the same results. You wouldn't see a difference untill you started getting into much higher end chargers. (especially for a camera)

The difference being several things really. Most importantly is the technology that the charger uses to, well Charge... sounds funny I know but there are many different ways to get a charge into a battery... pulse charging, linear charging, and of course the ability to adjust the amount of amps at which you charge... charging at higher amperage gives more voltage, charging at lower amperage gives increased milliamp/hours.

Another factor that would make one charger better than another is the technology used to "detect" the peak... that is the optimum charge for the cells...

SO... to make a really long story very short..

For off the shelf rechargables.. you won't notice a difference with that charger or any of the other sub $100 chargers other than time it takes to charge

(which goes back to the charge amperage)
Charging at higher amperage gives shorter charging times)

For more information on battery technology go to
ProMatch
 

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