Comments on: Energizer CHDC-CA Compact AA/AAA NiMH Battery Charger Review

By: Scorched

Scorched — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:47:51 +0000

I believe this pack charger is found at batteryspace and the holders you get somewhere at Wileys Electronics I think, something like minimum order, $10. The alligator clips and plug can be found at Batteryspace too. Well, I bought the 2 new Accupower Evolutions too, to replace that 1 bad C cell out of 9, and alas, the 2 new ones came out much weaker than the other 6. Looks like for anything smaller than a D size, were stuck with Imedions, or the same for AA,AAA, as well as Sanyo eneloop, except they don’t carry the bigger sizes. I hope I helped stir you guys to the right brand. Looks like the Imedions are good. Now if only they matched their D cell capacity to the Accupower Evolutions. I tried the Energizer brand batteries, no luck with them.

By: Scorched

Scorched — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:29:02 +0000

In case you were wondering what Rayovac charger, it is the gray one that says, charges 3 times as fast. {on the package]After what I have gone thru, it is either go with the Kodak AA batteries, or if you need AAA, either Imedion or Powerex, for critical applications like speakers with deep discharge for C cells, go with the pricy Imedion, for most D size applications, accupower Evolution can be used. Check for battery balance, you still need the battery holder and clip with battery pack charger to balance the cells. {use.9 amp for NIMH C cell, and 1.8 amp setting for hi-capacity d cell] If going with Powerex charger, you may have to manually terminate the charge for the 1st cycle for the Accupower brand and powerex brand so they can be formed, as sometimes they don’t always give that voltage dip due to being too new- or if using AA,AAA, you can use the Rayovac medium speed charger in conjunction with the Powerex charger. The Rayovac medium speed charger and battery pack charger seems to do a better job of forming them before using the Powerex charger. Sad to say, the Walmart and Target stores got rid of all their Kodak rechargeable batteries and only carry junk rechargeables. The Rayovac rechargeables lost their capacity unevenly across the set after only a few charges, and heated up in the professional charger!! If you want quality chargers and batteries, you will need to go online for them.

By: Scorched

Scorched — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:23:22 +0000

I experienced the same problem with the Radio Shack charger too. It would act right for a few cycles, then the charger would forget that the battery was full. I wound up frying their $80+ set of 8 3000mah rechargeables. They got so hot the wrapper melted!!!Pure junk. I would recommend the Maha charger, but avoid most off brand names as I have found that the charger does not tend to shut off for a full set of those either. I would recommend a battery holder, some alligator clip wires and a battery pack charger to keep them evenly balanced. [doesn't work for AAA so I would recommend using the medium speed Ravovac charger just for that purpose] Brand does matter.

By: EnerScheisser

EnerScheisser — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:13:53 +0000

I bought this charger about a year ago and it died after a month. I haven’t had interest to study what’s wrong with it but all I can say that this is a piece of junk. I need to find better quality battery chager and send this back to China.

By: Kidddas

Kidddas — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:32:23 +0000

When the power goes off and on, It starts overcharging and heating batteries for 8 hours.

By: angee

angee — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:26:28 +0000

Hi William,
What battery charger did you end up buying that works better?

By: William

William — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:40:28 +0000

This battery charger never stops charging battery when it’s fully charged and the battery gets hot. I bought another battery charger and it stops charging when it’s fully charged.

By: Shon

Shon — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:27:31 +0000

I have a bunch of AA and AAA NI-MH batteries. I was charging some batteries in this Energizer CHDC-CA and I noticed the batteries were scorching hot! I have a few differnent model chargers and none of the others have this problem. A search on the internet revealed this thread and the problem that this charger uses an 8 hour timer. It is my opinion that this charger should be thrown away.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:36:06 +0000

I got mine at Walmart and it lasted for about a year, just long enough I’m stuck with something that doesn’t work. First charger I’ve bought in 40 years that didn’t last nearly forever. I’d say definitely quality issues.

By: Alvin

Alvin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:27:28 +0000

after about 3-5 months with the charger (3 sets of them) i didnt have any problems till some one else started charging half charged batters and now none of the batters can be charged from fried charging units because they no longer work simple solution is by another NiMH batter charger with the detection device for a full charge it seems to work & you dont need to worry about the battery acid leaking out of the seals because of an over charge from a faulty design flaw