I wonder what these are best used for?
I'm thinking of using them for alarms
(if I can find a 9v version),
wireless door bell and cameras.
But the expert in the PC World store here
told me they were useless for these purposes.
(I forgot to ask him what they were good for.)

Anyone got any suggestions?

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Timothy Murphy wrote:

I wonder what these are best used for?

Overall I find them useful for almost anything, I suppose if have a very
high power consumption device then they're not the highest capacity.

They're well suited for things which get left unused for a while, then
you suddenly grab them and expect them to work without the batteries
having gone flat ... camera ... torch ... etc.

I'm thinking of using them for alarms

Any use that has a background power requirement will probably be little
different from normal NIMH.

(if I can find a 9v version),

I doubt LIDL have any left from the offer a couple of weeks ago.

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
o.uk...
Timothy Murphy wrote:

I wonder what these are best used for?

Overall I find them useful for almost anything, I suppose if have a very
high power consumption device then they're not the highest capacity.

They're well suited for things which get left unused for a while, then you
suddenly grab them and expect them to work without the batteries having
gone flat ... camera ... torch ... etc.

I'm thinking of using them for alarms

Any use that has a background power requirement will probably be little
different from normal NIMH.

(if I can find a 9v version),

I doubt LIDL have any left from the offer a couple of weeks ago.


Brilliant in cameras.

I wouldn't use them in things like remote controls, etc. A good alkaline
will last a couple of years at negligible cost so why use an expensive
rechargeable that may run down sooner and starts life at 1.2v.

On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:51:17 +0000, Timothy Murphy
wrote:

I wonder what these are best used for?
I'm thinking of using them for alarms
(if I can find a 9v version),
wireless door bell and cameras.
But the expert in the PC World store here
told me they were useless for these purposes.
(I forgot to ask him what they were good for.)

I doubt you would find an expert in PC World - especially amongst the
staff.
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(")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking some articles
posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by
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On Nov 11, 4:58*pm, "John" wrote:
"Andy Burns" wrote in message

o.uk...



Timothy Murphy wrote:

I wonder what these are best used for?

Overall I find them useful for almost anything, I suppose if have a very
high power consumption device then they're not the highest capacity.

They're well suited for things which get left unused for a while, then you
suddenly grab them and expect them to work without the batteries having
gone flat ... camera ... torch ... etc.

I'm thinking of using them for alarms

Any use that has a background power requirement will probably be little
different from normal NIMH.

(if I can find a 9v version),

I doubt LIDL have any left from the offer a couple of weeks ago.

Brilliant in cameras.

I wouldn't use them in things like remote controls, etc. A good alkaline
will last a couple of years at negligible cost so why use an expensive
rechargeable that may run down sooner and starts life at 1.2v.

Because they work just fine, despite what some say. You just need to
change them a little more often.

MBQ

On Nov 11, 2:51*pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I wonder what these are best used for?
I'm thinking of using them for alarms
(if I can find a 9v version),
wireless door bell and cameras.
But the expert in the PC World store here
told me they were useless for these purposes.
(I forgot to ask him what they were good for.)

Anyone got any suggestions?

They're the ideal battery type for cameras.


NT

Man at B&Q wrote:

wrote:

I wouldn't use them in things like remote controls, etc. A good alkaline
will last a couple of years at negligible cost so why use an expensive
rechargeable that may run down sooner and starts life at 1.2v.

Because they work just fine, despite what some say. You just need to
change them a little more often.

Yes, I use them in remotes, wireless keyboards and mice, the only thing
I've found they're bad with is the razor, but one alkaline AAA every few
months isn't going to break the planet.

I've had the Sony CycleEnergy ones for a couple of years, plus a motley
collection of normal NiMH ones, I purchased enough during the LIDL offer
to allow replacing all except the Sony ones.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Timothy Murphy
saying something like:

I wonder what these are best used for?
I'm thinking of using them for alarms
(if I can find a 9v version),
wireless door bell and cameras.
But the expert in the PC World store here
told me they were useless for these purposes.
(I forgot to ask him what they were good for.)

Take any advice from a monkey at PC World and disregard it.
I'm using LSD NiMHs for any and all purposes, no problems at all.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Tabby saying
something like:

Anyone got any suggestions?

They're the ideal battery type for cameras.

Yup.
They've transformed the usefulness of the grab camera I keep in the car.
I was ****ed off having to remember to recharge the cells every month or
two and being caught out more than once.