FAQ No. 2

Would my existing charger work with Ni-Mh battery ?

Dear Customers :

Your original charger will charge any kind of battery, (Either it is a Ni-Cd , Ni-Mh or Lithium Ion battery.) as long as the terminals' position fits perfectly.

BUT....

Ni-Cd battery and Ni-Mh battery require different sensors to shut off the charger power.

When a Ni-Cd battery gets to br fully charged, Right after it peaks, The power will drop. The Ni-Cd charger will sense that drop, then it will shut off the power.

But when a Ni-Mh battery gets to fully charged, It will stay on that level, and it gets hotter and hotter, So most the Ni-Mh battery chargers count on temperature sensor or power sensor to shut off.

So far, we see that most of the camcorder chargers are equipped with both kinds of sensors, There are very very few problems reported. So, When it comes to camcorder battery, Please feel free to use your original charger to charge Ni-Mh battery. As well as the "House desk charger" for your cellular phone.

But, when it comes to car charger for your cellular phone battery...

You must be very careful, The car charger won't shut down. (Either Ni-Cd or Ni-Mh battery.) We have a lot of melted and twisted batteries that come back to our place. Because of either being over charged or over heated.

In our opinion, That car charger is good for emergency use only. Don't use that charger as your routine charger. Even when you turn the ignition off, Some car cigarette lighters still stay on. Thus , we will have melted batteries. and that is presume your car didn't catch on fire.

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