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paulsherwin · 11th Feb 2020, 4:29 pm

Trickle charging zinc carbons was always frowned on in the UK, but elsewhere it was quite popular, particularly in the Far East and Japan. It does work to some extent and there's nothing to lose. The cells won't explode or even leak if the charge current is kept down.

11th Feb 2020, 4:29 pm	#10
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,970	Re: Was there something odd about Japanese primary cells? Trickle charging zinc carbons was always frowned on in the UK, but elsewhere it was quite popular, particularly in the Far East and Japan. It does work to some extent and there's nothing to lose. The cells won't explode or even leak if the charge current is kept down.