JasonC
Well-known member
I know there's a depth of battery knowledge on the forum, so this should be an easy question:
I have a set of 4 AA NiMH batteries (IKEA's 'Ladda 2450') and both my caving light and the charging unit take all 4, so that's easy, I always charge the full set together.
Today, some Christmas lights were short of a set of 3 batteries, so I 'borrowed' the caving batteries (with little prospect of them being used before Christmas ).
When I'm finished with them, what's the best option for recharging - should I charge the 3 partly-used batteries separately from the remaining 1 (barely-used), or will the charging unit be smart enough to do the right thing if I charge them together as normal?
The charger was also from IKEA (it's called Kvarts, which is nice). Actually, I now see they only cost ?6, so I may have answered my own question - you don't get a lot of smarts for that price, do you?
I have a set of 4 AA NiMH batteries (IKEA's 'Ladda 2450') and both my caving light and the charging unit take all 4, so that's easy, I always charge the full set together.
Today, some Christmas lights were short of a set of 3 batteries, so I 'borrowed' the caving batteries (with little prospect of them being used before Christmas ).
When I'm finished with them, what's the best option for recharging - should I charge the 3 partly-used batteries separately from the remaining 1 (barely-used), or will the charging unit be smart enough to do the right thing if I charge them together as normal?
The charger was also from IKEA (it's called Kvarts, which is nice). Actually, I now see they only cost ?6, so I may have answered my own question - you don't get a lot of smarts for that price, do you?