Battery conditioning, huh?

[Adamski]

I'v read in various mags that term & letting them settle over night.

Can I have that in english please?

I have an "Ansmann ACX1 Desktp charger" of which is peak charger.

Can any of you help me?

[sosidge]

They probably mean either discharging or equalising the packs.

Your charger probably doesn't discharge and definitely won't equalise.

Discharging is a useful part of battery care and is useful for every pack. It will stop them generating a memory and losing performance over time. You can get quite reasonably priced stand alone dischargers, I would go for one with a cutoff around 5.4v for a 7.2v pack. Avoid the 0v cutoff.

Equalising requires a tray and is only suitable for side-by-side or saddle pack batteries. It is more likely to be done by racers as it can even the cells out again for better performance. Again, I would recommend a tray with a 0.9v per cell cutoff. Some cells respond badly to a 0v cutoff.

[Adamski]

Thanx sosidge. []