You can trickle charge NiMH cells at low rates. A battery manufacturer (can't remember which one) FAE said that a C/40 rate would be no problem at all. C/20 is most likely OK. 10 ma into a 1600 mAh pack should be no problem at all... unless it is too low a rate. Very low charge rates can have problems of their own.
Also, I always use low-self-discharge NiMH cells. No more of that dead battery in a month stuff.... more like dead battery in over a year.
It's OK to trickle charge Ni-Cad but it's a no-no to trickle charge Ni-MH.
You can trickle charge NiMH cells at low rates. A battery manufacturer (can't remember which one) FAE said that a C/40 rate would be no problem at all. C/20 is most likely OK. 10 ma into a 1600 mAh pack should be no problem at all... unless it is too low a rate. Very low charge rates can have problems of their own.
Also, I always use low-self-discharge NiMH cells. No more of that dead battery in a month stuff.... more like dead battery in over a year.
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It's OK to trickle charge Ni-Cad but it's a no-no to trickle charge Ni-MH.
