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

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

By: Chamath

Chamath — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:31:43 +0000

WTH?? This is my 8th pair of Energizer batteries and they died on the same damn charger. This fucking thing cost me almost 35$ in the local store and waddaya know?? I bought a piece of crap with a good name on it. Now I’m switching to GP chargers. I’m never gonna rely on Energizer products again.

By: Davey

Davey — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:46:08 +0000

This IS a piece of JUNK. I have 2. I could SMELL burning electronics when charging batteries when I found out that it was baking the EXPENSIVE batteries I just got. Pass on this P.O.S.

By: Garry

Garry — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:32:48 +0000

Again, I’m forced to conclude much the same as what others have said in this posting. I’ve owned mine for a couple of years, for use with my digi-cam, and with mere moderate use, I’m encountering batteries that one would expect could take additional charges, yet won’t. I do recall after my last usage of the charger, that the batteries in charged mode, did seem oddly warm, and now I cannot get them to charge at all. Disappointing, considering this name-brand item.