[Elecraft] Eneloop 2500 mah batteries

[Walter Underwood]

16 hours is a full charge, but Eneloops come with a fair amount of charge. I'd go with 8 hours. The charger will stop as soon as it detects the cells beginning to heat up. You'll see the message "NOT 0 - 40C", if I remember correctly.

wunder
K6WRU

On Apr 10, 2014, at 6:27 PM, lane zeitler <lanenavyrn at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Just received my Sanyo eneloop 2500 mAH rechargeable batteries niMH cells......will start the charge cycle when I get home from work tonight. How long should I charge them for...this will be the first charge and I have not used the radio yet at all with these new batteries. 
> 
> Also, if I keep the xmit power down to about 3watts what kind of operation time can I expect with casual SSB xmissions? Any thoughts on this are appreciated, thanks.
> 
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