Jim Dunmyer wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
 JD> My old home-made charger works great. It's only capable of 
 JD> about 6 amps continuous, has a Variac on the primary so I
 JD> can set whatever I want, along with a timer to shut it off.
 JD> It'd be nice to have a bit more capacity, but it's not bad.
Not a bad idea,  but I've been charging some of this stuff for weeks now,  
and can't see tying up a variac that way,  since I've only got the one...
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