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Old March 18th 10, 03:59 AM posted to rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.policy
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Default Alkalines versus NiMH

On 3/17/10 22:29 , bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 17, 5:30 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Relevant, how?

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... I have to say, I have not had this problem. I usually see
the device
begin to slow or dim or whatever it would normally do. It
may be only
a half an hour 'til electron death, but it is not
instantaneous, and
that's plenty of time for anything I use.


Bruce


You don't do wireless mics for live TV.


The upshot is that when a wireless mike using NiMH cells on live TV
goes south, it screws up your TV show.


The life of the battery is more or less fixed. That is, it's a
consistent drain, and so life of a given battery line from fully
charged is the same unit to unit. You can count on the life of the
battery being a more or less constant number of hours.

Keep track of the hours on a battery, replace it at 2/3's of life.

I used all wireless mics on all my live radio, TV, and stage
shows. Never a problem with mics due to battery life.

I did notice some wireless mics were intermittent, from time to
time. Traced that to a poor battery fit. Returned from Energizers to
Duracells or ProCells and the problem never returned.