Hi Drew,
Yes, that is perfectly OK to condition batteries at a faster rate if that is desired.
Sincerely,
Curtis
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From: drew tenenholz
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 8:45 AM
To: info@greenbatteries.com
Cc:
Subject: New Batteries, Conditioning, Charging Rates
Curtis --
Last week, I purchased a LaCrosse kit and some batteries. I'm trying to treat the batteries 'right', by using the 'refresh/condition/exercise' mode to charge-discharge several cycles until the batteries are put into service.
The downside here is the amount of time this is taking--the kit arrived Tuesday afternoon, and I'm just ready to use the batteries for the first time on Sunday evening. [My quick math says that a fully AA ULSD 2000mAh Greenbatteries brand batteries which charge at a rate of 200mA and discharge at 100mA will take close to 30 hours to run ONE discharge/charge cycle, so this is not unexpected.]
On the one hand, I can live with this. On the other, I'm trying to put together what I've read on your site about rapid charging (with a smart charger that actually quits when appropriate) and the fact that this charger has the ability to set different charge/discharge rates for the conditioning cycle.
Is is OK to use 'faster' settings for an INITIAL conditioning of NEW batteries? (e.g. charge at 1000mA / discharge at 500mA or even charge at 1800mA / discharge at 900mA)
Thanks,
Drew Tenenholz
P.S. OK to post on your BLOG if you want.
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