Yet another battery charging question

[spitfire1964]

Hey all! I am asking for help/assistance with yet another battery charging question.....Here goes....

I have 9.6v 1700 mah batt. I have the intellipeak charger. Question...what is the optimum standard charge and what is the optimum peak charge? I was reading a great post here on battery faq's but it said NOT to discharge the batt's everytime as it could affect the memory? I have read that I should discharge the batteries everytime?

Help and advice greatly apreciated!!

[Gryphon]

If it's a NiCd (which judging by the capacity sounds right) you should discharge it each time to prevent dendrite formation. However flattening your battery by discharging it to zero volts will destroy your cells by allowing them to go into voltage reversal. I strongly discourage the use of dischargers that do not monitor the voltage of the battery.

I don't know what you mean by optimum peak and standard charges, but a standard charge rate is 1C or 1.7A in your case. Bumping it to 2A will get it done a little more quickly but not hurt the cells much.

Intellipeak is a brand name of DuraTrax, not a model. What model charger do you have?

[spitfire1964]

What I mean is you have peak charge and slow charge. If I peak charge what should I set it at? Here is a link to the charger I have. Thanks for the help!

http://www.duratrax.com/caraccys/dtxp4100face.jpg