July 14th 15, 04:50 PM
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Votage drop in week-old Eneloops?
On 02:48 14 Jul 2015, Michael Black wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jul 2015, nicola wrote:
How much voltage do Eneloops loose after a week? This is my
situation in more detail.....
I have plenty of Duracell precharged nimhs. People have said they
were rlabelled Eneloops, but I don't know.
I have a set in my Grundig/Eton G3. I charged them last year
sometime. I had the radio on last month, and it was fine. But
otherwise I haven't been using it.
I have another set in my Garmin GPS. I don't use it much either. But
it stays useful over a long time with the batteries not recharged.
Those Duracells come in a package that says they will stay charged up
to a year. I think I've opened up a package and been able to use them
fine.
So I would say they have a pretty good life (assuming these are the
Eneloops).
Othr types of nimhs, they tend to need charging after time. And I
bought a set of 2600mA AA Duracells at one point, I had a gift card
and I needed six for my Grundig YB400, and those are awful. They
never seemed to hold a charge, so the better amp-hours meant nothing.
Michael
I have an old Sony digital shortwave radio from the 1980s which works
slightly better on alkalines but I use Eneloops because it's cheaper.
Eneloops last about 9 or 10 days before the radio won't switch on.
I alternate between 2 sets of Eneloops. Each week I take the used
Eneloops out of the radio and put in a new set which were charged the
week before.
How much voltage will the week-old Eneloops have lost? I am more
concerned about losing radio perfomance (which is why I am asking
about voltage) than total charge.
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