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ThechargingcurrentiscontrolledbyresistorR2usingtheapproximaterelationship:
Current=8mA+(2/R2)
TablebelowisthelistofvaluesofR2andzenerdiodeD2dependingonthechargingcurrentyouneedandthevoltageofyour
NiCdbattery.
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60comments:
Umer October30,2011at6:27AM
Sir,caniusethischargerfornimhbatteries?
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DHgm October30,2011at6:35AM
Noyoucantchargeitusingthischarger.Itmightdamageyourbattery.
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Umer October30,2011at8:18AM
thankyou,sir
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Anonymous November15,2011at4:27AM
Hi,canthischargerbeusedwith12VNiCdbattery??
Ifso,whatvalueofD2shouldItake14V?
Regards.
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DHgm November15,2011at4:50AM
The idea is take the maximum voltage that your battery can hold without damaging it. Example if the
batteryisrated12Vbutitsmaximumvoltageis13.3V,thenuse13.3Vzener.Ifthereisno13.3Vzener,
youcanseriestwozenerdiodeslike5.1Vand8.2Voranycombination..Theimportantisyouprotectyour
batteryfromdamage.
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Anonymous November16,2011at10:50AM
Thankyou..:)
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Anonymous November23,2011at12:49PM
CanIusea6VDCsupplyinthiscircuit?WillIneedtochangeanyresistorvalues?Iamtryingtocharge2
cells(2.4V)
Thanks.
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DHgm November25,2011at4:14PM
youcanuse6Vdc,justuse2.7Vzenerdiode.Noneedtoreplacethevaluesofresistors
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Anonymous February21,2012at9:53PM
imusinga12v1.2Atranformerandabridgerectifiertogeta12vdcsupplyfromthe120vacforyoucircuit.
doihavetochangeanyofthecomponentstochargea7.2vnicd?
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DHgm February22,2012at6:41AM
Noneedtoreplaceanycomponentifyouareusing12Vtransformerbutmakesureyouaddheatsinkto
transistorQ2
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Anonymous February22,2012at10:57AM
ActuallyidonthaveanyproblemswithQ2,Q1istheonegettingreallyhotisproperheatsinkthe
solution??Alsoimusingthe1n37477.5vzenerforD2wouldthataffectinanything?
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DHgm February23,2012at2:20PM
Try increasing the value of R1 to 3.3K to 5.6K.That heating is normal because the DC supply is high
(around16VDCfora12Vtransformer).IfheatingisstillpresenttryreplacingQ2withtransistorofhigher
powerrating.
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Anonymous February24,2012at8:42AM
Alright sounds good thanks alot . Also how does your circuit know when the battery is fully
charged??
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DHgm February26,2012at4:34AM
Thischargerhasverysimpledesign.Yellowledwilllightwhenthe"fullchargevoltage"isreached.
Theonlywaywecanttellthatthebatteryisfullychargediswhenitsvoltageisequaltoitsratedfullcharge
voltage.
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Anonymous February27,2012at12:00PM
WhenthebatteryreachesfullchargewhatcausesthecurrenttogothroughQ2tostopcharging?
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DHgm February27,2012at2:30PM
Assumingyourbatteryisrated7.2Vanditsfullchargevoltageis7.5V.Whenthebatteryvoltagereaches
7.5V,thezenerdiodeD2startstoconduct(below7.5V,diodeisoff)anditwillturntransistorQ2on.When
Q2isfullyon,Q1turnsoffandsoisthecharging
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Anonymous February28,2012at1:36PM
Thankyousoomuuchiunderstandnow!!!
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sanju March1,2012at7:57PM
Sir,Thankyouverymuchforsharingaveryusefulcircuitlikethis.
I want to charge a 3.6v nicd battery(3 cells in series) of 1000mAH each. What will be the best input
voltage?(4vor5v or 6v or any other). How can I choose different input voltages according to different
batterypacksofdifferentvoltages.Kindlyexplainthat.
Ihaveonemoredoubt.Yousaidinoneofyourpreviouspost,thattheD2willnotconducttillthebatteryis
full.Isitbecause,thereisaeasypaththroughbattery,sothecurrentwillflowinthatdirection.Andafter
whenthebatteryisfull,thatpathwillnotbeeasyandthecurrentflowthroughD2causingtheQ2toswitch
andstopthecharging.
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DHgm March8,2012at2:15PM
3.6Vbatteryneedsatleast6VDCinput.InitiallyD2isopenandwillnotconduct,asthebatteryischarged,
its voltage starts to increase until the "conducting voltage" of D2 is reached. When D2 will conduct,
chargingisoff.
Exampleisa3.9Vzenerdiodewillstarttoconductwhenthevoltageacrossitis3.9V.Anyvoltagelower
than3.9Vhasnoeffectto3.9VdiodedD2.
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Anonymous March13,2012at12:29PM
Iwanttochargea2.4vBattery.CanIusethecircuitwitha5vusbport?Themaxcurrentinausbportis
500ma.
thanksinadvance!!
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Anonymous May9,2012at12:49AM
HiDHgm,greatsite,wonderingifyoucouldgivesomepointerstomodifythiscircuittochargecordles
powertoolbatteries.
Ihavea24vdcpowersupplyratedat6.5AandwanttochargeNicadbatteriesat12V14Vand18V
Appreciateyourhelp.
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Kiran June26,2012at3:25AM
hiiamKirancaniturnthiscircuittochargenimhbatteries?ifyeshow?
ifnotdouhaveothercircuitwhichcancharge7.2vnimhbatteries?
thanku
iwillbewaitingforreply.
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Anonymous July12,2012at11:41PM
hisirwhatif1.2Vbatterywillbeused
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Anonymous May18,2015at3:15PM
Useanyregulardiode,plusaresistorbetween300kto560k,insteadofthezener.Diodeneeds
tobeinforwarddirection.RemoveR3.
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Anonymous August17,2012at5:27AM
hisir,,latelyimadethisprojectbutididn'twork.iused9voltssupply750mAtochargethebatteryofmy
flashlightusingnicadbatterywiththisspecs2.4volts1900mAh.LED1willturnonforfewsecondsthen
off, after LED2 will turn on. could you advice me how this happen?placement of all parts has been
repeatedlycheckandeverythingisokbaseonthediagram.
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Anonymous October5,2012at10:48PM
Imlearningsomuchfromyoureffort!THX
Ihavea3.6V800mAhNiCdIwouldliketoaddintothiscircuitacurrentcontrolfordifferentchargingrates.
In replacement of R2 would i put a 2.52ohm (100%of800mAh) > 27.7ohm (10%of800mAh)
potentiometer?orwouldihavetowireaswitchintoplaceforindividualresistors?
Whereisthisformulafrom?Current=8mA+(2/R2)
Thxagain!
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Anonymous November24,2012at6:48AM
WhatifyouchangedR3toa0to500ohmPotentiometer,insertedatestporttosetthecurrentyouwantto
charge at. That would allow you to "regulate the current" used to charge the battery and keep the
remainderofthecircuitforvoltagecontrol.Wouldthiswork?
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offtherails2010 April24,2013at9:28AM
VeryGoodQuestion!
Iwouldbeveryinterestedintheanswertothis,reallyhopetheauthorreplies!
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Anonymous November24,2012at6:50AM
SorryImeanR2notR3.
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Anonymous February27,2013at8:19AM
needsomehelp,ididthisprojenctandtheyellowledit`salwayson,theredisoffandtheoutputvoltageis
3.3v.
12v350mahpowersupply
9.62000mahbattery
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Anonymous March3,2013at1:04PM
WhatshouldR2beifIhavea600mahNicd?
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Anonymous March4,2013at2:27PM
Canthiscircuitbemadetodisconnectwhenthepowersupplyisremoved?Ineedtobeabletopullthe
powersupplyandnothavethebatterybleedchargethroughR3
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offtherails2010 April23,2013at1:58AM
GooddaytoyouSir,
thankssomuchforsharingthisawesomelittleminimalpartscountNicdcharger!
Justwhativebeenneedingformonths!
Butineedalittleguidenaceplease,imneedingtochargea1.2Gumstickbatteryat500mAbutthevalues
forR2andD2arenotinyourcharts,pleasecouldyoukindlyletmeknowwhichvaluesiwouldneedfor
thislowbatterycharging,alsowhatwouldbearecommendedinputvoltageforthiscircuit?
Bytheway,AWESOMEideatoaddtheLED's!justwhatineededtoknowthebatteryischarged!
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Anonymous July5,2013at11:12AM
CanIuseBD179insteadoftip41c?Pleaseanswer
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lakku July24,2013at9:18AM
sircanyouplzexplainmetheworking..fromthescratch
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yashsingh September26,2013at6:42AM
howcanicharge3.6vnicdwhatthevalueofr2andd2
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yashsingh September26,2013at6:45AM
pleasehelp
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Anonymous October6,2013at7:14AM
thiscircuitsimplydoesn'tworknomatterhowfineyourcalculationsare.
Batteriesmustbe*dead*forittoworkandthenagainonlyforafewminutesasthevoltageriseonnimcd
battsisquitefast.
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Anonymous March6,2014at9:45AM
Dear,
Is there any type of circuit (Automatic) for charge NIHM battery or can we done some changes to this
circuitandtakeforchargeNIHMbattery.Thanks.........
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AshokKumar March14,2014at10:42PM
Hi,
Iwouldliketocharge24V30AHbatteries,whatarethecomponentsIneedtochangeinthiscktinorderto
maketheabovementionedbatterycharger.
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Anonymous April26,2014at2:40AM
Helloeveryone,
Thiscircuitworksbutthereisamiscalculation.
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You have to add the forward voltage drop of the diode D1 to the desired final voltage of the charged
battery.
1N4001diodehas1Vvoltagedropat1A.Usuallyitsaround0.6Vinmostapplications.
Sofora4.8Vbatterythedesiredfullvoltageshouldbearound1.4Vpercell.Thats5.6Vtotal.Plusdiode
voltagedrop5.6V+0.6V=6.2V.Soyoushoulduse6.2VzenerdiodeforD2.
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Anonymous June7,2014at8:28AM
canthisbeusedtocharge12vSMFor3.6vLionbattery?
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Anonymous June14,2014at5:36AM
canthisbeusedtocharge12vSMFor3.6vLionbattery?
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Salikbaig June22,2014at11:12AM
SircaniuseitforLibatterypleasereplyasap?
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SyedMustajab June24,2014at12:58AM
yesyoucanuseitforLibattery
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Anonymous June25,2014at12:17AM
Ihave12v(NiMh)1800mAhbattery[whichhave10AAbatteries]set.AndIconnectonefemaleusbport
withtwowiresthatcomingfromthatbatteryset.NowpleasehelpmehowdoIchargethebatterysetvia
usbportandalsousethebatterysetasapowerbankformymobile.
pleasereplyassoonaspossible.
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SANDESHKA October30,2014at10:40PM
siriwant9voltsformyrobot,iboughtnicdbatteriescaniuse6bateriesinseries?eachbatterieshav
1.5Vwith1Acurrentrating
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yashsingh November6,2014at3:51AM
yes,itwillworkforyou
soundsgood.
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AmerFalleh November10,2014at5:56AM
ihavebatterywith3.7vbutihaveawiiremotethatworkwith2AAbattrey1.5+1.5
sodoichargethebatteryonlyto3Vorijustchargeitwith3.7vandiadddiodezenerparalelewiththewii
remotesocanvoltagebe3V,ifyousuggestthatichargeitwith3v,whatimgonnatochoosewithR2an
D2?thanks
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ChaossHaunted January2,2015at6:43PM
Ifiwanttochargea3.6voltbatterypack,whatwouldineedtodotousea12voltpowersupply?
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Anonymous February12,2015at7:36AM
inputvoltagecanchangeto5volt?
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Anonymous April21,2015at12:18PM
Sircaniusesolarpanelasinput?
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Anonymous May27,2015at4:38AM
Coolcircuits,thankyou:)arealittleconfused,buthaveafewquestionsthatIhopeyoucanhelpmewith.
Youtalkaboutthis"batteryisrated12Vbutitsmaximumvoltageis13.3V"howdoIfinditsmaxvoltage?
NowthecircuitisforNiCd,butcanInotuseitforNiMHandNiZnalso?FromwhatI'vetriedtofindout,Ido
notseetherearegivenanydifferenceinthechargingbetweenthem?Ifso,whereshouldIchangesoit
canbeusedforNiMH?
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Anonymous July25,2015at7:37AM
cananybodyhelpme....myredleddoesn'tlightupit'sjusttheyellowone...andidon'tknowifit'sthe
transistorsthatarebadorifitisonlysomethingmissconnected...
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Unknown October10,2015at8:39AM
Ifacethesameproblem,inputvoltageis15Vandoutputvoltageis3.5V...
Seemslikenocutoffwillhappenfor3.6Vbattery.
Anyidea?Anyonesuccessful?
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ramironaab January7,2016at3:46PM
Goodafternoon!MynameisRamiro.I'mfromArgentina.MyEnglishisnotverygood,i'msorry.Isawthe
circuitandlooksveryeasy.
IhavetobuildabatterychargerfortwobatterysAA(1.2V1350mAh)withUSBport.Myquestionis:does
anyonetestthiscircuitwith5Vpowersupply?
I'llwaitanansweroradvicefromyou.
Thankyouforyourtime.
Ramiro
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Anonymous February29,2016at8:54AM
HiRamiro!MynameisMilan,i'mfromSerbia.Answeronyourquestionis:SearchonYouTube
channelAKAKASYANandfindvideoUSBNiMh.
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Anonymous April23,2016at5:08AM
HiDHgm,
Thanksforpostingthis.
IwaswondieringhowcanIuseittochargea4.8vNiCdbattery(1.2Vx4cells/1300mAheach).DoIhave
tochangeanythinginthecircuitandwhat'sthebestinputDCvoltage?
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vasunegi May14,2016at3:09PM
Hi,ihaveanewbright9.6vNiCdbatteryanditscharger(OUTPUT:11.6VandDC165mA)whichisbroken
anddoes'ntwork.
Should I consider 11.6V zenner diode or stick to 9.6V only, and IMPORTANTLY what should be the
specificationofR2tobeused(ohmsandvoltage)here.
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PKohler May15,2016at6:28PM
HiDHgm
Iamusing12volt1ampwalladapter.Anychangestothecomponentstocharge3)1.2vNIMHbatteries
inseries(3.6Vtotal)
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