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Battery conservation....
Awl --
I have discovered that some things, like wireless mouses, can take a battery that appears dead in another device, and run *for months*. I just took two AA batts out of my mouse, and I have never seen a battery test so "dead". Replaced them with "normally dead" batteries! Mouse works fine. So if you have a battery tester, you can separate batteries by "degrees of deadness", and still get some use out of them. fwiw.... carbon footprints, donchaknow.... Oh yeah, I keep all batts in the freezer. -- EA |
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Battery conservation....
Existential Angst wrote:
Awl -- I have discovered that some things, like wireless mouses, can take a battery that appears dead in another device, and run *for months*. I just took two AA batts out of my mouse, and I have never seen a battery test so "dead". Replaced them with "normally dead" batteries! Mouse works fine. So if you have a battery tester, you can separate batteries by "degrees of deadness", and still get some use out of them. fwiw.... carbon footprints, donchaknow.... Oh yeah, I keep all batts in the freezer. -- EA I use rechargeables in my most everything but one wall clock . I would there too if I had a charger for "C" cells . -- Snag Wannabe Machinist |
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Battery conservation....
"Snag" wrote in message ... Existential Angst wrote: Awl -- I have discovered that some things, like wireless mouses, can take a battery that appears dead in another device, and run *for months*. I just took two AA batts out of my mouse, and I have never seen a battery test so "dead". Replaced them with "normally dead" batteries! Mouse works fine. So if you have a battery tester, you can separate batteries by "degrees of deadness", and still get some use out of them. fwiw.... carbon footprints, donchaknow.... Oh yeah, I keep all batts in the freezer. -- EA I use rechargeables in my most everything but one wall clock . I would there too if I had a charger for "C" cells . -- Snag Wannabe Machinist I found that AA batteries with a new terminal voltage of ~1.5V crap out in the kids video game controllers at around 1.2V. I reuse them in my battery powered radio which I have on all night and get a couple of WEEKS out of a pair of them before they go into the recycling. |
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On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:05:11 -0500, "Snag"
wrote: I use rechargeables in my most everything but one wall clock . I would there too if I had a charger for "C" cells . There are adapters that will make an AA battery fit into a C slot: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.22595 For clocks (and other very low current applications), though, the use of rechargeables is probably not cost effective. Rechargeables die of old age, and by the time you have charged them enough times to cover the cost, they'll be dead from old age. -- RoRo |
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On Sep 6, 7:48*am, Robert Roland wrote:
... For clocks (and other very low current applications), though, the use of rechargeables is probably not cost effective. Rechargeables die of old age, and by the time you have charged them enough times to cover the cost, they'll be dead from old age. -- RoRo Possibly true, but if you have spares for power outages, clocks and flashlights are good places to store them. I try to recharge them at the start of each month. In practice it may be 3 months, which is enough. jsw |
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On Sep 6, 9:40*am, Black Dragon wrote:
... As someone else said they do, I use rechargeable NiMH batteries for everything. *TV remotes, smoke alarms, digital cameras, flashlights, R/C cars and so on. Here's the charger I use, does AA, AAA, C and D cells.http://www.mahaenergy.com/store/view...?idProduct=408 Maha's Powerex batteries perform better than anything you'll find on retailer shelves, also. ... Dragon I paid a LOT less than that for 2500mA-H Energizer NiMH batteries and a CHFM1 charger that fits my camera bag. jsw |
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On 9/6/2010 2:52 AM, Existential Angst wrote:
I just took two AA batts out of my mouse, and I have never seen a battery test so "dead". Replaced them with "normally dead" batteries! Mouse works fine. I have a Logitech rechargeable mouse on my desktop. Uses a cell phone type battery. After a couple years, it wouldn't hold a charge for even an hour, and Logitech says not replaceable. Google and the internet said otherwise, and it's nearly back to new performance. But... have a wireless mouse for my laptop, runs on 2 AA batteries. It'll run on the same batteries for over 2 years! Jon |
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Battery conservation....
Existential Angst wrote:
Awl -- I have discovered that some things, like wireless mouses, can take a battery that appears dead in another device, and run *for months*. I just took two AA batts out of my mouse, and I have never seen a battery test so "dead". Replaced them with "normally dead" batteries! Mouse works fine. So if you have a battery tester, you can separate batteries by "degrees of deadness", and still get some use out of them. fwiw.... carbon footprints, donchaknow.... Oh yeah, I keep all batts in the freezer. I trust you put them in a well sealed plastic bag so condensation won't form and create an electrical leakage path which will run them down. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Sep 6, 9:40*am, Black Dragon wrote: ... As someone else said they do, I use rechargeable NiMH batteries for everything. *TV remotes, smoke alarms, digital cameras, flashlights, R/C cars and so on. Here's the charger I use, does AA, AAA, C and D cells.http://www.mahaenergy.com/store/view...?idProduct=408 Maha's Powerex batteries perform better than anything you'll find on retailer shelves, also. ... Dragon I paid a LOT less than that for 2500mA-H Energizer NiMH batteries and a CHFM1 charger that fits my camera bag. jsw Maha makes great chargers. I use this one. http://www.mahaenergy.com/store/view...?idProduct=423 I've had one AAA battery fail since last winter when I bought this unit. That battery was subjected to the abuse of cheaper chargers so it was life limited. Being able to select charge rate keeps you from cooking the battery. I just wish I could get a 100 ma charge rate for AAA instead of 200 ma which is the lowest available. Most cheap chargers cook the damn battery and kill it. Great for battery makers though. Wes |
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JR North wrote:
Months? my wireless meese eat AAA NimH for lunch. Only last 3 weeks or so till recharge. JR My Mickeysoft mouse has had the same AA battery in it for 2 years. I do put the usb key back in the storage pocket that turns it off when I'm not using my craptop. Still, counting the times I've left it on, I'm getting great life out of it. 3 weeks is rather fast for self discharge with NIMH. Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller |
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Battery conservation....
What's that Lassie? You say that Snag fell down the old
rec.crafts.metalworking mine and will die if we don't mount a rescue by Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:05:11 -0500: I use rechargeables in my most everything but one wall clock . I would there too if I had a charger for "C" cells . Just use AA cells and a spacer. -- Dan H. northshore MA. |
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On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:52:11 -0400, Wes
wrote: JR North wrote: Months? my wireless meese eat AAA NimH for lunch. Only last 3 weeks or so till recharge. JR My Mickeysoft mouse has had the same AA battery in it for 2 years. I do put the usb key back in the storage pocket that turns it off when I'm not using my craptop. Still, counting the times I've left it on, I'm getting great life out of it. 3 weeks is rather fast for self discharge with NIMH. The new NiMH batteries will drop 20% in a year. Ive put all the old style in none important applications and have gone over to "enerloop" type NiMH batteries in everything else Wes I am the Sword of my Family and the Shield of my Nation. If sent, I will crush everything you have built, burn everything you love, and kill every one of you. (Hebrew quote) |
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Battery conservation....
Robert Roland wrote:
On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:05:11 -0500, "Snag" wrote: I use rechargeables in my most everything but one wall clock . I would there too if I had a charger for "C" cells . There are adapters that will make an AA battery fit into a C slot: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.22595 For clocks (and other very low current applications), though, the use of rechargeables is probably not cost effective. Rechargeables die of old age, and by the time you have charged them enough times to cover the cost, they'll be dead from old age. I've still got some Nicd "D" cells that work, that I got probably in 1971. |
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Battery conservation....
Years ago, I looked on the Duracell and Energizer web sites. They say
fridge is OK, freezer is not. There is a wall mounted charger called Re-Nu that is supposed to recharge AA or AAA alkaline cells. I bought one. It does. If the cells are badly discharged, they will charge back up and then leak a couple weeks later. Some times, it's worth the money to put in new batteries. Like before a camping trip, or working up a ladder where it's not convenient to come down for more batteries. I remember the one time I was on third floor of a building with no elevator. Walkie talkie batteries went dead. I got to hoof down three very tall flight of stairs for new cells. I learned to carry a change of new alkalines in my coat pocket. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Existential Angst" wrote in message ... Awl -- I have discovered that some things, like wireless mouses, can take a battery that appears dead in another device, and run *for months*. I just took two AA batts out of my mouse, and I have never seen a battery test so "dead". Replaced them with "normally dead" batteries! Mouse works fine. So if you have a battery tester, you can separate batteries by "degrees of deadness", and still get some use out of them. fwiw.... carbon footprints, donchaknow.... Oh yeah, I keep all batts in the freezer. -- EA |
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