Are Camelion batteries pre-charged before packing and is there no need to charge them right from opening the packaging?
Camelion naked cells are generally pre-charged at about 30% of the rated capacity (e.g. for Ni-MHAA2600 this about 780mAh). Our Ni-Cd and NiMH technologies have a self-discharge rate of about 30% a month. This means that the cells lose some of their charge if they are in storage. Since there are different time lags from our factories to your retail outlet this means that the actual retained charge is less than 30% but depends on delivery time. Therefore, it is always a good idea to charge up the first time you open the package.
