On Jun 17, 10:52*am, N8N wrote:
this flashlight is actually used primarily as a bike headlight, that's
why I bought the rechargeables so I could ride at night.
Unfortunately the weather has not been cooperative lately; every
single day for the past couple weeks it has either been 95 degrees
and/or torrential rain, so it's been sitting. *It's one of hte Lowe's
deals I recommended in the other thread (the 3W LED one.) *I thought
that the rechargeables should be ready to use because I bought them
very recently and rotated them through the charger at least twice, so
they should have been at worst only partially discharged. *I wanted to
use them to save the alkalines in case the power didn't come back on
today I wouldn't have to buy more, but they were utterly and
completely dead, not even a glow from the LED. *I probably have 4-5
hours run time on the alkalines and the light is still bright on
them. *I don't remember the brand of the batteries (couldn't see them,
obviously, as I was swapping batteries in the dark) my charger is a
couple year old Energizer charger that does both NiCads and NiMH.

nate

On Jun 17, 9:14*am, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:



* * I will add this. *Not all batteries and rechargers are good matches.

* * I am not clear about what you are using these batteries for. *Not all
battery types are good matches for some uses. For example, I use a lot of
rechargeable batteries for those items that I use often and will recharge
the batteries every couple of months. *However I use non-rechargables for
things like thermometers and smoke detectors as they will last of years
there. *I also use alkaline in emergency flashlights.

"N8N" wrote in message

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anyone recommend a reliable brand of rechargeable batteries, and where
can I buy them? *i ordered some high-capacity NiMH C cells online a
while back and last night when the power hadn't been restored by the
time the sun went down I tried them in my flashlight; dead as a
doornail. *These had been charged by me after receiving them and then
rotated through the charger again; all of my rechargeables have been
in the charger within at least the last month. *I feel so wasteful
using alkalines but I keep having bad experiences with every
rechargeable I try.

nate

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Have you measured the voltage after charging, it should be somewhere
over 1.35v, it could be a bad charger or one that does not put out
enough amps to get the battery ever fully charged. As battery amp
capacity has increased over the years old chargers can become
worthless. 1 month it should not be dead unless its a cheap battery or
defective or was never charged fully. Sanyo, Panasonic, Energiser,
Duracell are respected brands there is alot of cheap chinese stuff
being made to power cheap drills etc. Sanyo Eneloop are a new design
which hold a charge for maybe 1 year, but you should check the battery
and charger amp rating then the voltage after its charged and when
dead, Led lights fire at lower voltages than incandesant, 1 month is
to short to go dead, mine still run cameras at 3-4 months.