Re: Problem with GP Triton - NIMH Battery

In article <hj64129o4i4gg255enmn42ncn4e8fvs62k@xxxxxxx>,
Fred McClellan <notthe-plumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:52:25 GMT, dougmc@xxxxxxxxxx (Doug McLaren)
| wrote:
|
| >The Triton just isn't good for slow charging a battery pack.
|
| With NiMh charge rates as low as 200 mAh, the Tritons do quite well on
| slow charges.

Actually, it can go down to 100 mAh, which is more than adequate for
most cells. The problem is that unless you turn off some things, it
will not charge your battery for 10+ hours -- it'll shut off long
before that, for a variety of reasons.

And if you do turn off these things, it's very easy to cook your
battery packs later when you do a fast charge and forget to turn them
back on.

I did mention all of this, right after I said that the Triton wasn't
good at it. And I stand by my statement.

| No reason at all not to use a Triton for the initial slow break-in
| charge on those battery chemistries which need such a break-in.

I disagree, and already stated my reasons. But as long as you don't
do any fast charges, you'll be fine.

| Then again, with the programmability comes the capacity to blow off
| one's big toe . . .

That's one way to look at it. But the options you need to change to
go from slow charging (ignoring peaks) to fast charging (using peaks)
and vice versa are buried in menus and are very easy to miss, and if
you miss them when going from slow to fast charging ... there goes
your big toe, or your battery pack anyways.



--
Doug McLaren, dougmc@xxxxxxxxxx
If you are what you eat, I guess that makes me a cheese danish.
-- Anonymous
.

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