JonSea, thank you for explaining that your previous post was not specific to Nigel's previous post (which has nothing to do with "NiMH in cars is not a good idea").
Please forgive me again, but I have not seen there to be a "general consensus" in our discussion thus far that "NiMH in cars is not a good idea," especially when Texas Instruments has a technical document dedicated to that very topic:
https://www.ti.com/lit/an/slua843/slua843.pdf
Not to give more credit to TI than members of this fine forum, but the above PDF really does serve to indicate that at least one person out there must have done similarly to what the project set forth in my opening post intends to accomplish. Toyota has used NiMH tech in their hybrids for over 18 years, but of course that technology is more sophisticated than the off-the-shelf AAA Panasonic NiMH Eneloops being discussed in this thread.
So why did I even post here? The answer is simple: in hopes of gathering experienced opinions. That is not to say the information so kindly provided by all of you thus far has not proven helpful. It is helpful. And I certainly appreciate every single reply. I take all information to heart, even information about the merits of alarm systems in general. I am simply curious about how similar projects have panned out for others, and perhaps what charging and discharging design methodology was used in those real world applications.
Please forgive me again, but I have not seen there to be a "general consensus" in our discussion thus far that "NiMH in cars is not a good idea," especially when Texas Instruments has a technical document dedicated to that very topic:
https://www.ti.com/lit/an/slua843/slua843.pdf
Not to give more credit to TI than members of this fine forum, but the above PDF really does serve to indicate that at least one person out there must have done similarly to what the project set forth in my opening post intends to accomplish. Toyota has used NiMH tech in their hybrids for over 18 years, but of course that technology is more sophisticated than the off-the-shelf AAA Panasonic NiMH Eneloops being discussed in this thread.
So why did I even post here? The answer is simple: in hopes of gathering experienced opinions. That is not to say the information so kindly provided by all of you thus far has not proven helpful. It is helpful. And I certainly appreciate every single reply. I take all information to heart, even information about the merits of alarm systems in general. I am simply curious about how similar projects have panned out for others, and perhaps what charging and discharging design methodology was used in those real world applications.