Again, it depends. With the quick-charge Ray-O-Vacs, it will; with NiMhs, it won't. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Hardy" <grant_hardy@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 6:36 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Short Battery Life Will the fan still be on? Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 6:11 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: Short Battery Life > No, not necessarily. Depends on the charger, but the one I have will sense > the battery type and act accordingly. Be sure to read your manual before > trying this, though, but the charger that RadioShack sells will very > definitely charge NiMh and NiCads _if_ that's the only kind of battery in > the device. You absolutely cannot mix types, though. For NiMh, which is > the > only other kind I have, it's an overnight charge, just as with any other > kind of charger--it doesn't use the quick charge circuitry. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grant Hardy" <grant_hardy@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 8:27 PM > Subject: [bookport] Re: Short Battery Life > > > Wait a minute, so I can use the same charger that I bought for my > 15-minute > rechargeables to charge other batteries? I thought it was the other way > around, that I could use any standard charger to charge the Rayovacs and > would simply not enjoy the "quick charge". > > Grant > > >