Smart charger vs regular charger

r smart chargers worth the extra $s? or r dumb chargers good enough?

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wow...christmas timer. thats brilliant. but another prob with dumb chargers...how do u know how much is left when u only use a battery partially?

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uhh....math....
maybe ill just get a smart charger =P

Yeah smart chargers are the best way to go. They charge twcie as fast and dont overcharge. mine cost 30$ and it was well worth it.

What about dischargers?

Mine has a discharge feature, but Nicd batteries dont have a memory cell so they dont need to be discharged.

Does that mean that NI-MH batterys do need to be discharged?

yes, because they remember the amount of mah when you charge it last time thus the next time you charge it.
it will only charge to that amount of mah that it remembered.
for example if i charge a 1100 mah battery with 200 mah still in it it will remember how much the battery still has which is 200 mah.
so the next i charge my battery it only charge to 900 mah


my dad use to make batterys and when i asked him about these battery he gave me a 2 hour lesson

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Guys If you are going to be posting something about batteries that you are not 100% sure if it is right or not, read this thread:

http://www.airsoftretreat.com/forums/index.php?topic=4524.0

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sorry about that then