[bookport] Re: rechargeable batteries, another option

  • From: Sandy Licht <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:01:19 -0600

I found my lithium batteries at Walmart.

After using it, I am sorry to say, I would not recommend the 15 minute 
charger and batteries from Radio Shack to be used in the Bookport.  The 
charge only lasted a few hours.  I think they will do better in a Digital 
camera.  My money is not wasted.  I'm sending it to my son who is serving 
in the army in Iraq.

At 09:57 PM 1/21/2005, you wrote:
>I got mine off ebay, but I'm sure you can buy them other places. I think I
>paid about $4 for a pack of 4 batteries. If you look on ebay, do a search
>for energizer lithium aa batteries, you'll find lots of them.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Queen Family" <queens@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:41 PM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: rechargeable batteries, another option
>
>
> > How much do energizer lithium batteries cost approximately and where did
> > you get them?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > queens@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > 648 Kearney Street
> > El Cerrito, CA  94530
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:02 PM
> > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bookport] Re: rechargeable batteries, another option
> >
> >
> > Rather then using rechargeables, I really like the energizer lithium
> > batteries. I'm still on my first set of them, had them in now about 2
> > months, and have used the unit almost every day. Still at 100 percent,
> > nothing seems to phase them.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott Howell" <n3byy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:12 AM
> > Subject: [bookport] Re: rechargeable batteries, another option
> >
> >
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > Ok my original post was to inform you of another lesser priced option
> > > to the RS charger. So we don't get to carried away with this thread,
> > > we all know these will work with some degree of measurement
> > > performance issues. That all aside, I will tell you and I've already
> > > tried this, I put the Radio Shack batteries in the Energizer charger
> > > and it charged them fine. You do what you want, but I only wanted to
> > > share another alternative and to be honest I a m not sure how the
> > > Radio Shack charger differs from others of its type. My batteries did
> > > not blowup, did not take overnight to charge, and were not the same
> > > batteries that came with the unit. Now whether Radio Shack's batteries
> >
> > > and charger are proprietary, I can only assume so based on what I was
> > > told, but it would seem that the Energizer charger is not proprietary
> > > only as it worked for the batteries I put in it. Maybe I'll do some
> > > voltage measurements to see if they are getting a full charge and
> > > keeping it or what. I can only tell you what was told to me by the
> > > Energizer folks via the phone with the disclaimer they would preferr
> > > you only use their batteries in the unit. It worked for me, but your
> > > millage may vary. Good luck
> > >
> > > >This whole issue of proprietary quick-charge batteries is beginning
> > > >to concern me. We now have at least two--the Ray-O-Vac and the
> > Energizer--and
> > > >I'd be very surprised if either brand of proprietary batteries will
> > charge
> > > >in the other proprietary charger. While both chargers will handle
> > > >normal NIMh cells, I'd bet that each proprietary battery is designed
> > > >differently and that the results could be, as they say in the
> > > >technology biz, unpredictable if you were to put Energizer batteries
> > > >into the Ray-O-Vac charger or vice-versa. The best case scenario
> > > >would be that the batteries would take overnight to charge. The worst
> >
> > > >case would be that the
> > batteries
> > > >would be destroyed internally or possibly even explode. I hope that
> > > >once people start using these quick-charge batteries, they remember
> > > >to always
> > use
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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Sandy Licht
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