Getting the highest
performance from rechargeable
batteries depends largely on
the quality of the battery
charger. Instead of using a
timer to provide a fixed
amount of charge given to a
battery, all Maha Powerex AA
Battery Chargers are smart
chargers. Some AA battery
chargers are just timer based
chargers. A timer charger
cannot tell if batteries are
empty or full, or in between.
A timer charger assumes the
batteries are empty, and the
battery charger will charge
the batteries for a set amount
of time. This will give the
batteries more charge than
they need if they are partly
charged. This overcharging
will heat the batteries and
will reduce the number of
recharge cycles you will get
from the batteries during
their lifetime. This is
particularly true of the new
low self discharge batteries,
as they are often not empty
when recharged. Similarly,
timer chargers do not provide
a full charge to today's higher
capacity AA batteries, as the
fixed amount of charge was
designed for older, lower
capacity AA batteries.
The Powerex smart battery
chargers use microprocessors
to monitors the Delta V of the
batteries as they charge,
providding just the right
amount of power to fully
charge each battery without
overcharging. They also use
unique pulse charging
algorithms to provide maximum
charge capacity to
rechargeable batteries, and at
the same time, the pulse
charging conditions the
batteries to maximise the life
of the batteries. |
