Hello Gerald, Overcharge is the thing that damage the NiMH battery the most, I think that will happen in your MSX. All the chargers of NiMH battery's have a shut off at the end of the charging process, and in the MSX there is always current to the battery when your MSX is on.
Grtz >*< TOM >*< ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Stap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 11:12 AM Subject: [MSX] Replacing MSX battery > Hi, > > I recently ordered a 3,6v NiCd 65mAh replacement battery/accu for my > NMS8255 but I received a 3,6 NiMH 80 mAh batteyr/accu from the supplier. > Does anybody know if can damage my MSX (or the battery) if a replace the > existing battery (3,6v NiCd 45 mAh) for the NiMH battery? > > I do not know if NiCd NiMH charge or discharge in a similar fashion. Nor > do I know how the charging system of my MSX works. So any info would be > appreciated. > > NB. The only thing I do know about NiMH batteries is that NiMH batteries > can be charged more often even though they aren't totally empty. And > they don't have the memory effect of NiCd batteries. > > T.i.a. > > Gerald > > _______________________________________________ > MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx _______________________________________________ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx