[bookport] Re: rechargeable batteries, another option

  • From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:01:46 -0600

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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