[Elecraft] Eneloop 2500 mah batteries

[Mark Petiford]

Lane,Walter hit the nail on the head.  The KXBC3 will not overcharge your cells, and its thermal sensors will shut down the charge cycle if the cells reach their temperature limit, 0 to 40 deg. C as Walter mentioned.  Charging will resume once they cool down.  New cells shouldn't need much charging, but a 4 or 8 hour top-off won't hurt them.  A 16 hr. charge won't hurt them either, but you will waste a lot of energy in heat since any energy that cannot be absorbed for charging because the cells are fully charged is converted to heat.  It can get a little scary because the KX3 gets pretty warm as the cells reach full charge, but the KXBC3 is a solid conservative constant current design for 2000 mah or larger NiMH cells.  You will eventually learn to trust it.      MarkKE6BB