reliable nicad charger

1-08 - elektor january 1979 reliable nicad charger reliable nicad charger Nickel-Cadmium accumulators, or nicad cells for short, are becoming ever more popular. As prices drop and the number of available types increases, it has become a viable proposition to use them in almost any type of battery-powered equipment. For this reason it is reasonable to assume that many owners of portable radios, cassette decks, electronic flash guns, pocket calculators and the like -not to mention remote-control enthusiasts -are on the look-out for a really good nicad charger. It shouldn`t be expensive (otherwise it`s still cheaper to use conventional batteries), but it must automatically provide the correct charging current and time: on the one hand, overcharging must be impossible; on the other hand, the cells must be fully charged.