I just took delivery of a new Maha MH-C9000 and 8 pcs. Imedion 2400mAh AA lsd cells. Using a DMM, seven of the cells averaged 1.260volts. But one has only .928volt. Not 'ready when you are' as claimed. Is this factory-defective, or can something still be done?
Email them to see if there is anything you can do...
Another point that eneloop is still the best battery out there...
I have emailed them awhile ago. The dealer carries the Maha and the Imedions (coming from the same manufacturer, Powerex). I originally wanted to buy the Maha alone, and get the Eneloop Pro but the dealer has run out of stock of individual chargers, only the Maha c9000/Imedion combo package.
Even the 1,26V is very low for a LSD battery for immediate use...So lets wait for their reply, they have to change the batteries for you, it is a sign of bad health for a LSD battery the low out of the box voltage.
1.26V doesn't sound bad to me for cells that have probably been sitting around a year or more (nominal is only 1.2V, not 1.5V like with alkalines). I always discharge the batteries to see what kind of capacity they have left out of the package and then do a Refresh/Analyze cycle to see their true capacity. Maybe the one underperformer will come around after a few load cycles.
sometimes lsd batteries need a few wake up calls to get them going i'd cycle them about 3 times before i made any final judgement ..of course letting the seller know what's going on is appropriate too But I'd be curious how the do down the road I assume the seller will toss you a battery or two anyway .
curiousboaz
try jumping it with a good larger size battery. U tube has plenty of instructions on reviving dead bats.
It's not dead, it may just need a few cycles. If you got the setup from Thomas Distributing, they will probably send you a new battery if this one doesn't perform.
The practice of "jumping" a dead battery to revive it is only useful in two situations, in both of which the battery will read zero volts:
- it's a protected Li-ion on which the protection circuitry has tripped. This can un-trip the protection.
- it's a NiCd/NiMH which has internally shorted due to the growth of a metal whisker. The high current from the jump will melt the whisker and break the short.
when is this a**hole panpan going to get booted???
They sure will. I had a few bad powerex 2700’s and after I emailed them — they sent out some new ones right away. They didn’t even ask for the defective ones.