I use AA batteries in my camera. I have about two dozen of them, as I use
my camera professionally.

Lately, in my good charger, when I put some in, the red light flashes,
indicating some problem. Checking them with a volt meter shows from .4 to
1.27 volts. When I put them in, and hit the "REFRESH" button quickly, it
does not engage, but the light goes to flashing. I have rotated about eight
questionable batteries in the charger in all combination of slots, and I
still get a flashing light.

Is there a way to test these batteries to tell if they are toast? I'm sure
that they are probably gone, and I need some more to replenish the quantity
I like to keep on hand. But before I do toss them, I'd like to be sure.

Steve

On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:59:32 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

I use AA batteries in my camera. I have about two dozen of them, as I use
my camera professionally.

Lately, in my good charger, when I put some in, the red light flashes,
indicating some problem. Checking them with a volt meter shows from .4 to
1.27 volts. When I put them in, and hit the "REFRESH" button quickly, it
does not engage, but the light goes to flashing. I have rotated about eight
questionable batteries in the charger in all combination of slots, and I
still get a flashing light.

Is there a way to test these batteries to tell if they are toast? I'm sure
that they are probably gone, and I need some more to replenish the quantity
I like to keep on hand. But before I do toss them, I'd like to be sure.

Steve


Nicad or Nmih?

Best deal Ive found on them is a guy one ebay who sells relabled
Enerloops. Ive been tickeled ****less with the price and lifespan so
far.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/pvpcs/m.html...id=p4340.l2562

Guy sells em in various quantities at very good prices.

Gunner

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not
agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my
earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure
- and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his
fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

- Jeff Cooper

"Gunner" Gunner Asch wrote
Nicad or Nmih?
Gunner


Nimh. Do they do nicad any more? Will check out the seller. Thanks.

Steve

"Gunner" Gunner Asch wrote
Guy sells em in various quantities at very good prices.

Gunner


Thanks. Just sent in an order. Been wanting some enerloops, just didn't
want to pay the price. This should work.

Steve

On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:28:34 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:


"Gunner" Gunner Asch wrote
Nicad or Nmih?
Gunner


Nimh. Do they do nicad any more? Will check out the seller. Thanks.

Steve



Yah..you can still get nicads..but Nmih is almost as cheap now, works
better in most applications and they are as available if not more so
than Nicads. Nicads have gotten really really cheap on Ebay..but
there are far fewer sellers.

you are most certainly welcome.

Ive purchased several orders from that particular seller and will
keep buying from him as his stuff is damned good and his price and
reputation are well thought off.


Gunner

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not
agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my
earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure
- and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his
fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

- Jeff Cooper

On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:37:08 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:


"Gunner" Gunner Asch wrote
Guy sells em in various quantities at very good prices.

Gunner


Thanks. Just sent in an order. Been wanting some enerloops, just didn't
want to pay the price. This should work.

Steve

Jerwelcome!

Gunner

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not
agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my
earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure
- and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his
fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

- Jeff Cooper

On 14/08/2012 22:59, Steve B wrote:
I use AA batteries in my camera. I have about two dozen of them, as I use
my camera professionally.

Lately, in my good charger, when I put some in, the red light flashes,
indicating some problem. Checking them with a volt meter shows from .4 to
1.27 volts. When I put them in, and hit the "REFRESH" button quickly, it
does not engage, but the light goes to flashing. I have rotated about eight
questionable batteries in the charger in all combination of slots, and I
still get a flashing light.

Is there a way to test these batteries to tell if they are toast? I'm sure
that they are probably gone, and I need some more to replenish the quantity
I like to keep on hand. But before I do toss them, I'd like to be sure.

Steve



I just bin them when the charger objects. The main thing is to have a
charger which charges and reports on each cell individually; IME
chargers which give every cell the same end up toasting them much more
quickly.

On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 5:59:32 PM UTC-4, Steve B wrote:
I use AA batteries in my camera. I have about two dozen of them, as I use

my camera professionally.



Lately, in my good charger, when I put some in, the red light flashes,

indicating some problem. Checking them with a volt meter shows from .4 to

1.27 volts. When I put them in, and hit the "REFRESH" button quickly, it

does not engage, but the light goes to flashing. I have rotated about eight

questionable batteries in the charger in all combination of slots, and I

still get a flashing light.



Is there a way to test these batteries to tell if they are toast? I'm sure

that they are probably gone, and I need some more to replenish the quantity

I like to keep on hand. But before I do toss them, I'd like to be sure.



Steve

If you have NiMH cells reading .4V, they're not likely to ever come back to anything useful. I bought the LaCrosse charger, and I'm not sorry. Crappy chargers will kill NiMH cells.

The cells are getting cheap enough that I simply don't bother with troublesome ones. Coscto has good deals on Eneloop, but this week my local store had about a millio AAAs and no AAs. I'm going to give Gunner's source a try. I hope it's not a trap :-)

Ebay usually has sellers of Eneloops.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...

If you have NiMH cells reading .4V, they're not likely to ever come back to
anything useful. I bought the LaCrosse charger, and I'm not sorry. Crappy
chargers will kill NiMH cells.

The cells are getting cheap enough that I simply don't bother with
troublesome ones. Coscto has good deals on Eneloop, but this week my local
store had about a millio AAAs and no AAs. I'm going to give Gunner's source
a try. I hope it's not a trap :-)

On 8/15/2012 10:04 AM, rangerssuck wrote:

If you have NiMH cells reading .4V, they're not likely to ever come back to anything useful. I bought the LaCrosse charger, and I'm not sorry. Crappy chargers will kill NiMH cells.

The cells are getting cheap enough that I simply don't bother with troublesome ones. Coscto has good deals on Eneloop, but this week my local store had about a millio AAAs and no AAs. I'm going to give Gunner's source a try. I hope it's not a trap :-)


I understand it's a good charger and people love it -
until it melts down?

Amazon quit carrying it...

But Amazon does carry the Wizard-one - $50.

http://www.amazon.com/Powerex-MH-C90.../dp/B000NLUSLM

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:27:55 +0100, newshound
wrote:

On 14/08/2012 22:59, Steve B wrote:
I use AA batteries in my camera. I have about two dozen of them, as I use
my camera professionally.

Lately, in my good charger, when I put some in, the red light flashes,
indicating some problem. Checking them with a volt meter shows from .4 to
1.27 volts. When I put them in, and hit the "REFRESH" button quickly, it
does not engage, but the light goes to flashing. I have rotated about eight
questionable batteries in the charger in all combination of slots, and I
still get a flashing light.

Is there a way to test these batteries to tell if they are toast? I'm sure
that they are probably gone, and I need some more to replenish the quantity
I like to keep on hand. But before I do toss them, I'd like to be sure.

Steve



I just bin them when the charger objects. The main thing is to have a
charger which charges and reports on each cell individually; IME
chargers which give every cell the same end up toasting them much more
quickly.

Who would buy one of those? Smart battery chargers are everywhere
these days and they work very very well.

Gunner

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not
agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my
earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure
- and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his
fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

- Jeff Cooper

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:57:21 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Ebay usually has sellers of Eneloops.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...

If you have NiMH cells reading .4V, they're not likely to ever come back to
anything useful. I bought the LaCrosse charger, and I'm not sorry. Crappy
chargers will kill NiMH cells.

The cells are getting cheap enough that I simply don't bother with
troublesome ones. Coscto has good deals on Eneloop, but this week my local
store had about a millio AAAs and no AAs. I'm going to give Gunner's source
a try. I hope it's not a trap :-)


Of course its a trap. I use traps on all my people here on the
metalworking group.

Duh!

Gunner

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not
agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my
earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure
- and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his
fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

- Jeff Cooper

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:48:01 -0500, Richard
wrote:

But Amazon does carry the Wizard-one - $50.

http://www.amazon.com/Powerex-MH-C90.../dp/B000NLUSLM


Im a big fan of the MAHA chargers. Ive been using them for at least 15
yrs with absolutely no complaints.

One of my favorite ones...

http://www.mahaenergy.com/store/item.asp?idproduct=178

Works great and has battery conditioning as well. Plus it has a 12vt
cigarette lighter plug so I can charge batteries in the truck.

Gunner



One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not
agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my
earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure
- and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his
fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

- Jeff Cooper

On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 1:39:14 PM UTC-4, Gunner wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:48:01 -0500, Richard

wrote:



But Amazon does carry the Wizard-one - $50.



http://www.amazon.com/Powerex-MH-C90.../dp/B000NLUSLM





Im a big fan of the MAHA chargers. Ive been using them for at least 15

yrs with absolutely no complaints.



One of my favorite ones...


I went back & forth between the maha and lacrosse (which also has a 12V adapter) and settled on the lacrosse because it had some more geeky features, which I'll probably never use. It does have battery conditioning, which I've used on som older cells which had been damaged by a crappy charger. It did squeeze some more life out of them, but as I said, the cells are cheap enough that I just don't bother with questionable ones.