Charging Prius ni-mh cells

[madlabs]

Hi All,

Just helped my buddy locate two bad batteries in his Prius, saving him a lot of dough. Now I have two cells that still have some life. Both are 7.2 volt, ni-mh cells. Can I tie them together in series and use a 12V car charger if I stick a current limiting resistor? Or does anyone else have suggestions for charging?

Thaks!

Jonathan

[dnix71]

They need to be compressed. They will expand from gassing and be ruined otherwise.

http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/prius-batteries-ev-45808.html post #9

[madlabs]

Good to know. I'm looking into that. I'm just using these for some little project, like maybe an LED light in my outhouse. It's getting dark early. So I just need an easy way to charge 'em up a little, not wring every watt out of 'em.

Thanks!

Jonathan