Discharging Nicd
 

Hey guys, got a quick question for y'all. What's the minimum voltage you can discharge a nicd cell to? My charger's default is 0.8v/cell, but that seems high to me. can you go to 0.1v/cell or thereabouts? I won't do anything till I get a reply as to not ruin anything.

0.8 is about right. I usually went down to 0.9v/cell. 0.1 is wayy too low IMO.

Edit: Sorry, I was talking about NiMHs, but I would think the same basic rules would apply...

Yeah, .8v per cell is a good discharge. I set my charger to cycle my cordless drill packs every now and then, really wakes them up, and I discharge to .8v per cell, usually slowly to help them equalize a bit.

Most any NI cell can go to 0 , although many of the newer ones seem quite touchy about running them lower than a volt. I'd sooner think that it is because they are in series and at risk of being charged in reverse and would stil bet money on it being ok to use 0 volts even on the newer high capacity cells.

Ive been using 0.6v on the cells now, seems to work great. Each cycle I get about ~50-100mah more in them...