Fast charging NiMH pack with Turnigy Accucel 6?

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I have got a 8S NiMH pack composed of Eneloop AA cells. Would it be possible to charge the pack at 0.7C with the Turnigy Accucel 6?

After reading various threads, it seems series charging is not a problem. Fast charging NiMH is also preferable but is it the case when cells are in series too? How will the charger handle the charging if all cells DON’T finish charging at the same time and give the termination signal? Will the charger stop as soon as the first cell to finish gives the terminal signal?

2

Yes, that should work fine as long as they were all equally charged when put into the pack. If they are not equally charged then this will not work.

3

Well the cells are bound to go out of balance sooner or later. That’s what I am worried about. What to do then?

4

Truthfully, I'm not sure. I guess you could try to wire it up to charge each one individually.

5

Its not possible to balance charge NiMH cells, so that means I would need 8 hobby chargers to charge the 8S pack lol. Needless to say that’s outta the equation.

So I guess slow charging at 0.1C is the only solution. In that case the hobby charger seems like a waste of money as I can easily do that with any constant current regulator.