Charging rechargable 9V batteries for first time?

[cphilip]

Kind of stupid question but maybe not and if I had my Volt Meter with me I would not have to expose myself to ridicule by asking but I wanna start some cooking if they are not ready to go now. Also in a way technical but in a way not and maybe something others may be able to use later so I will put it here.

So the question is....When you buy NiMH regargables are they already charged the first time or are they "empty" when you get them?

Reason I ask is I want to let some sit here in the office overnight (10-12 hour charge time for each pair) but if they were precharged I wouldn't want to do that. And my Volt Meter is at home so I can't check.

I bought a Nice charger that will hold 2 at a time and I need all eight of them charged by Saturday Morning for the Kids team Three Man tourney. So I need to start them if they need charging. I got 8 to do. I would have to wait and put the Volt Meter to them to be sure. I guess I can take em home and do it by why not use the works electricity if I can get an answer?

[Tunaman]

sure you can!

Fire them suckers up. You can charge them thousands of times(if you got the good ones) with out hurting them. The chargers have a circuit in them to prevent overcharging.

[cphilip]

Up high... down low... too slow...

I'll answer it myself with the Voltmeter then to be safe. Let you know.

[cphilip]

OK didn't wanna burn the work down! Hmmmmmm well....now wait just a darn minute!

I'll take a couple of em and measure them just for the sake of knowing for sure.

[Strider]

Well, any rechargable NiMH I've ever purchased needed to be charged before use.

Either way, NiMH's don't have a memory so throw them in, it won't hurt them.

[Strider]

Also, any NiMH chargers I know are inteligent enought to shut down when they're finnished charging...

[krafty]

NiMH batteries DO suffer from a 'memory effect,' but it's nowhere near as severe as NiCD or Lead-Acid batteries. Lithium Ion batteries do not suffer from the memory effect.

I'd personally go ahead and slap those puppies on the charger. If you fear messing with them (and I sensed fear in your typing), throw'em in your warpfeed and let it rip!

[Tunaman]

What kind of Batteries (Brand) did you get Phil?

[Paintballer86]

I will give you a shure fire way to test um. Take one of the batterys, touch the connectors to your tounge, and I think that you will know if it is charged.

[Aliens-8-MyDad]

Paintballer86 I will give you a shure fire way to test um. Take one of the batterys, touch the connectors to your tounge, and I think that you will know if it is charged.

Now thats always fun

[Cypres0099]

I was stupid and touched a brand new Engergizer E2 to my tongue to compare to a parially dead one.:) and those things are strong.

I just ordered a couple NiMH for my warp too. I hope they work well.

[Kevmag]

Plainview Chargers

FYI - The 9.6V Plainview battery charges (1 battery version) do not have auto shutdown.

[pip_999]

yao

me and yao (paintballjunkie13)
are having a lickin 9v competition next time we see eachother

[BlackVCG]

The charger that they list on Thomas Distributing with the Plainviews is NOT the one you want to get. Get the Tri-Charger. It meets the specs of the batteries, unlike the one they list with the batteries, it charges two at a time and has auto-shut off. Get the Tri-Charger.

[Omicron]

haha

Thats right Chris! You're on! Winner gets a pop!

Oh and I got my plainview 9.6V batteries yesterday, I just tossed them in my warp and they seemed to have been already charged (don't have a voltmeter, my bro has it for now).