Minelab Excalibur ll NIMH rechargeable battery pack and old NICD Charger

[mikeinOC1]

I am sure this has been covered before but could anyone be so kind as to tell me if the old NICD battery charger (model 119 output 14.3 v DC 60 ma ) can be used with the newer NIMH rechargeable battery pack now supplied with the Excalibur ll ?

 

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[aoyue2702]

I wouldn't see why not. NICD and NIMH are very similar. If the pack voltage is the same, then it should work.

 

[123tje]

I charge the nimh pack with the standard nicd charger and it works fine ,no problems , yes one you can not see if its full

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I use the stock charger with no issue so far, have for well over a year. I don't worry about the charge status, I charge it over night. Never had it run out of charge the next day, and I have had some 12 hour hunts with it.

 

[Born2Dtect]

It is just too easy to shoot a quick question to Minelab. Too be safe go to Minelab Metal Detectors for Gold, Treasure and Countermine Applications and click on contact us, and send an email to service. No sense in messing anything up if you don,t have too.
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[Treasure_Hunter]

If I am not mistaken it says on the justbattries.com website the stock will work. I have been using stock charger on my Nimh battery for close to 18 months.

 

[billinstuart]

NO! I thought so also, but burned up my NiMH battery and melted a wire in the housing. The NiCAD charger will seriously overcharge/overheat the NiMH battery IF you are not careful.

Read my recent post on here.

 

[smoldrn]

NO! I thought so also, but burned up my NiMH battery and melted a wire in the housing. The NiCAD charger will seriously overcharge/overheat the NiMH battery IF you are not careful.

Read my recent post on here.

I just spoke with ML yesterday about the old charger & new battery. They said it would work with no problems.

 

[billinstuart]

Believe what you want, but I've gotta melted NiMH battery which will tell you different. The NiCAD charger will work ok IF you closely monitor the length of time it charges. If you forget and charge it too long, you run the risk of damaging your battery. The NiCAD charger has no circuitry for tapering off the charging rate.