Charging battery when allmost full
 

I tried to find some answers searching about battery charging, but couldn't find anything. My question is, I charged my 8.4v 1300ma last week for the amount of time it needed to be fully charged (5-6 hours), and I have used it a few times to fire the 200 bb's that came with the gun. So, say the battery is at 85%, do you have to have the battery completely discharged before you charge it again? or can you charge it for just a few hours?

is it NiMh or NiCd? If it's Nicd, then fully discharge it before recharging. For Nimh, you dont need to.

I regularly top up my NiMH as well when I need to. So far it's lasted me over 2 years and still has long like. And this batt has been used at least once per month at games.

Im not sure on if it is NiCd or NiMh.. its the stock battery that came with the Jing gong m4a1 if thats of any help.

It should say somewhere on the battery.

it says NiMh, so i can charge it for 2 hours, and it will be fine?

Yea. NiMh don't suffer from the memory effect like NIcads

thanks a lot guys!

If you have a smart charger/digital peak charger it's even easier, because you just have to set it and forget it basically. It's always a good idea to be in the area when you're charging a battery to monitor it occasionally, but they are automatic shutoff.