Nickel cadmium batteries & RoHS.
"Martin Riddle" wrote in message
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"Ian Field" wrote in message
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"Rich Grise" wrote in message
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Ian Field wrote:
There are applications where NiMh won't work.
Like, any.
The NiCds in my shaver gave up and I tried replacing them with NiMh
cells,
just running on the bench the charge lasted about 2.5x what the user
manual said for the original batteries - but under load of actually
shaving the batteries got pretty warm, indicating that not all the
rated
2400mAh was ending up in the motor.
I was getting about 5 shaves per charge with NiMh - new NiCd give
somewhere between 15 & 20 shaves.
FWIW, I'll never ever waste my money on NiMH's again. Oh, at first,
they're
the bee's knees, but after only a few months of use, their shelf life
and
usable charge deteriorate to a matter of a few seconds.
Having found a couple of good NiCds for the shaver, the foil split.
The spare shaver I bought and never used for about 3 years uses NiMh and
didn't hold a charge the next time I plugged the charger in the batteries
got hot.
You need to buy an American product
Are Remington shavers American?
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