Amazon: La Crosse Technology BC-700 Alpha Power Battery Charger US $39.48 (~ AU $55) Shipped

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One of the best battery chargers available for the Eneloops.

Features:

• Battery charger for 4 rechargeable NiMH and NiCad AA and AAA batteries; with 4 modes: charge, discharge, refresh, and test
• With individual compartment for each battery with own LCD display and mode selection for multitasking
• Operates on 100-240-volt AC input for international use; 3 charging rate options of 200 mA, 500 mA, and 700 mA
• Detects overheating for safety; not for use with any other batteries other than those specified
• Measures 5 inches long by 3 inches wide by 1-1/2 inches high; limited 1-year warranty

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  frozenkuku on 24/02/2016 - 13:22

  problem with this charger is that it always detects the battery as dead
  you need to use paperclip to bring it back to life
  kind of annoy

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    uniqualz on 24/02/2016 - 20:32

    Paperclip? Ploise explain?

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      frozenkuku on 25/02/2016 - 00:05

      if you google, you will find that this charger always mis-detect the battery as dead
      but it's just low voltage, in order to make the battery detectable, you need to use paperclip to short circuit it.

      i didn't know this when i first purchased this charger, and threw so many eneloop batteries that have only been used once or twice.

      http://kk.org/cooltools/la-crosse-batte/
      http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/03/adventures-in-recha…

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        fredblogs on 25/02/2016 - 09:58

        Exactly what do you do with the paperclip? Just briefly connect it to both ends of the battery?

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        uniqualz on 26/02/2016 - 09:31

        Tried it. It worked. Awesome, thanks mate! I took a good battery and a dead battery and joined the two positive terminals for a few seconds to short it out. That's right, yes? The dead battery is charging fine now it seems.

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        frozenkuku on 26/02/2016 - 13:49

        +1

        @uniqualz:

        yes, that's right
        need one good battery to bring the dead battery to live

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  fusion17 on 27/02/2016 - 21:11

  Thanks op

  Got a bc700 few aa aaa and coin batteries.

  Actually more thanks to the posters with Russian site links

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