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New NiCd battery in small appliance, internal charger/inverter. Should I discharge it, then fully recharge for best long-term performance?

Thread starter racookpe1978
Start date Yesterday at 7:21 PM

Yesterday at 7:21 PM

racookpe1978

Nuclear

Purchased a new NiCd razor. It has an old-style external (1.5 volt DC wall plug-in/cheap Chinese) charger/inverter.
No apparent "controller" or regulator like the more modern LiOH batteries and regulators.

Will I gain anything useful by fully discharging it to 0.0, then recharging? Or just plug-in-wait?