[bookport] Re: rechargeable batteries, another option

  • From: "Queen Family" <queens@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:41:42 -0800

How much do energizer lithium batteries cost approximately and where did
you get them?





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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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