Howdy
I've just bought myself a SkyRC Model RS16 Battery Charger and Power Supply - I am trying to charge NiMH cells/batteries with it.
Just to test it out, I attached a single AA NiMH cell rated at 3000mAh (or so it claims) and set it to the NiMH program and set it charging.
I set the charge current to maximum of 3.0A, but in the default NiMH programs there is nowhere to set the voltage.
When the cell starts charging - I can see the display showing a charge current heading up to about 2.4A, but the Voltage goes was up to over 7 volts - that can't be right can it?? Obviously the cell nominal voltage is 1.2V - so why would it be charging it at over 7 volts - maybe I have forgotten to set something???
There are user programmable modes - and in their I can set the NiMH to 1 cell, which shows as 1.2V, but again, as soon as I begin charging - the voltage goes up to 7volts or more.
Am I worried over nothing (I'm sure the battery charger knows more than me about this) or am I just not setting this thing up correctly?
Cheers.