[bookcourier] Re: BATTERY QUERIES
- From: "Bruce Lamden" <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:49:37 -0000
Ian,
I use the same Uniross 2500mAH NiMH batteries and agree with Sandra and
David. I sometimes charge 4 at a time if I'm going away and want to take a
couple of spares. And sometimes just 2 if I'm at home. NiMH's lack the
memory effect of NiCad's so don't have their capacity reduced by charging
before fully discharged.
There has been a lot of debate about rechargables on this list. People need
to be careful to compare like with like. Not all rechargables are the same
and you need to know the battery type (NiMH, NiCad etc) and the capacity (in
mAH). The 2500mHA Uniross's certainly seem to last a reasonable time and may
be comparable with basic Alkaline non-rechargables.
I have a 2 hour charger but you can now get a 15 minute one for the same
price.
Bruce.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Henshall" <oceania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:26 PM
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: BATTERY QUERIES
Hi Ian,
I have the same batteries and charger as you do. I only charge two
batteries at a time as I wasn't sure, like you, about drainage when not
being used. As these are NMH batteries, they apparently don't suffer from
the deterioration in performance that nickel cadmium batteries do if you
charge them before they're completely empty. I have, in fact, done this
on a couple of occasions and still got the same amount of life. Just my
thoughts. No doubt someone else will correct me if I'm wrong.
Cheers,
Sandra.
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