"SleeperMan" <too.sleepy@home.net> wrote in message news:NHCOa.93$2B6.18427@news.siol.net...
> <correoschafa@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Yes you are right, the batteries get really hot after 3 hours of
> >> charging.
> >
> > Batteries used to get really hot on my Rayovac PS4 1-hour charger. I
> > put a small fan blowing air onto the charger, and now batteries come
> > out barely warm after a full charge.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > -Jorge
>
> Yes, i know that 1 hour charger make batteries get quite hot. But that's
> more or less normal for such quick charging. Also you should bear in mind
> same warning as it goes for Smoothy - in such short time batteries are NOT
> fully charged - i would say that in 1 hour they have about 60-70% of charge.
> In order to get full charge, you must leave them in the charger of several
> hours after quick charge has ended.
>


Yeah, I think he was trying to tell you that you can improve the
increae the battery life (from purchase to trash can) if you'll
somehow cool the batteries durring a quick charge.  Which is
true by the way.  You can as much as tripple or quadrouple the
battery life by cooling.  A focused collumn of air is as good as
any I guess for a home made self-rig.