What is the difference between Nickel Metal Hydride (NIMH) rechargeable batteries and rechargeable alkaline or rechargeable Nickel Cadmium (NiCad)?

Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) rechargeable batteries are different for a number of reasons. NiMH rechargeable batteries are far superior to rechargeable alkaline and NiCad chemistries because of the amount of capacity, lighter weight, recharge cycles, no memory effect, not to mention the enormous cost savings over time.Rechargeable alkaline batteries can only be charged up to 50 times. What’s more, rechargeable alkaline batteries must be completely discharged before they can be charged again.Becau ...

What is the conditioner feature of the charger for?

 1) You are charging two cells together in a 2 channel charger and they have different charges remaining or you are unsure of their discharge state.  This will allow both cells to recharge equally.Note: You should not charge two cells together of different types (NiMH with NiCd) or of different rated capacities. 2) You have put your batteries through many charge cycles without having fully discharged them before charging.  NiCd and to a lesser extent NiMH batteries tend to store energy in larger ...

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