Re: Discharging New Batteries in Digital Camera

That's right, I have an orbit charger & discharger, which I got with 4 nicd
700 mAh sanyo batts only for 11 euro.In the manual it says that if the
remaining voltage of each cell is above or equal to 1 volt, they will be
discharged (after pressing a specific button) down to 1.0 V and then the
charging will begin.My camera drains them only to 1.15 volts.

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Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
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> Although I agree with the general consensus in that NiMH batteries do not
> have the memory effect, my Sony manual for my DSC-W5 camera indicates that
> memory effect can occur, and I quote directly from my manual below:
>
> -------------------------
> QUOTE:
>
> If you recharge NiMH batteries before fully using up the existing charge,
> the low battery warning may be displayed sooner that expected. This is
> called the "memory effect." If this problem occurs, charging the
batteries
> only after using up the existing charge will correct it.
>
> The "memory effect" - the situation in which the capacity of the battery
is
> temporarily lowered.
>
> To use up the batteries completely, put the camera in the slide show mode
> and leave it that way until the batteries are used up.
>
> END QUOTE.
> -------------------------
>
> Putting the camera in the slide show mode puts a higher load on the
> batteries and when the low battery signal comes on after taking pictures,
> the slide show mode finishes the charge, the camera shuts off, and the
> batteries then can be recharged from the near discharged condition.
>
> My son has a NiMH charger which, he says, puts a load on the batteries to
> discharge them and then goes into the charge mode. I will have to
question
> him on this to be sure that is what his charger manual says.
>
> --
> Dave C.
>
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> > "weft2" <weft2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1124391662.939075.169570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> I have a new Fuji F550 digital camera, and the battery installation
> >> instructions say to use the included charger to charge the NiMH
> >> batteries for their full 4 hours, and then, curiously, to turn around
> >> and discharge them in the camera once they've been charged. I did this,
> >> and so far the camera's been discharging the 2 AA batteries for the
> >> past 3 hours. How long is this supposed to take? The instructions don't
> >> say, though they say the camera will automatically shut off when this
> >> process is done. It seems strange to fully charge new batteries (this
> >> wasn't an open box camera, but a factory sealed one), and then
> >> discharge them again. It also means I will have to recharge them after
> >> all this for another 4 hours.
> >> Has anyone else done this before, and noted how long it took to
> >> deliberately discharge batteries in their camera?
> >>
> >
> >
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