Comparison of influence of asymmetric current parameters on nickel-cadmium accumulators formation process time is carried out. According to the results of capacity formation of accumulators types NKPLHC-0,5 with thin extruded electrodes, we established good perspective for application of asymmetric current with parameters chosen during experiments and applied in this paper. Current waveform which gave the biggest capacity increase, has long charging impulse and short, with wide range, discharge impulse. In particular, application of asymmetric current with such parameters in the process of NKPLHC-0,5 accumulators formation resulted in increase of discharge capacity, compared with formation by direct current, by 16%.