battery charger

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:09 pm

does anybody know how to make your own battery charger for a 1600mah 9.6v battery? i have lots of wall converters for a veriety of things, so i could use those maybe.

Post by **gannon** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:26 pm

Well, it really depends on the chemistry of the battery. NiMH and NiCD should be fine just putting a voltage that's ~2V higher than the battery into it through a current limiting resistor.

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:35 pm

yeah, its nimh, so i could put like ten or eleven volts to power it?

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:14 pm

Make your own charger, there's always fun in making stuff!

(Plus you can get the MAX IC for free)