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how? when? charge my NIMH batteries

jally
10 years ago

Hi, my questions concerns when, and how best, to charge ni-mh batteries via choice of options available to me now.

Here's what I have:

Four 1,2v 2000 mAh Duracell NI-MH batteries
(including CEF14nc charger)

as per this pic:
Duracell

Also, I have:
A very old "Universal Ni-Cd Charger" (made in China)
...which is most similar to this:

I have been using the batteries inside a mini flashlite, and inside a mini-lantern which holds Three AAs. Though I've seldom been using the flashlite & lantern, occasionally, i've been removing 2 batteries at a time from the lantern for use in my digital camera. But i've never kept track of WHICH 2 batteries i've been transferring to my camera at any given time.

That explains why the 4 batteries have different charges.

As follows: The battery readings on multimeter are:
.92
1.21
1.22
1.25

Questions:

(1) Which of my chargers would be safest to recharge the NIMHs on?

(2) Can I safely place all of them at once inside [whichever-charger] even though they're different charges?

(3) for how long a duration is safe to charge them?

btw, I spent hours trying to find the answers to these Qs on search engine, Ehow and Youtube. No dice.

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