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Mike Mc Manus April 5th 10 03:45 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
Hello,
Anyone happy with a particular brand of NiMH batteries? I use
mine with portable shortwave radios.
Thank you,
Mike McM.

Drifter April 5th 10 04:46 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
On 4/5/2010 10:45 AM, Mike Mc Manus wrote:
Hello,
Anyone happy with a particular brand of NiMH batteries? I use
mine with portable shortwave radios.
Thank you,
Mike McM.


I'm running Sanyo "eneloop" in my Uniden TT 4/ 396T. a slow charge
from my MAHA C808, bout 35 to 45 min. i get over 10 hours. these
are 2K mAh, NiMH. under $10.00 for pack of 4. the cool thing is
they hold their change, un used on the shelf a long time. so, in
the long run, you get more for your money. i have never had any
rechargeable last over 7 hours in the HH scanners. good luck.

Drifter...

Al Fansome April 5th 10 06:14 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
I buy from www.greenbatteries.com. I bought a case of their generic AAs,
and they seem to be working pretty well. One problem I have had with
them is that some seem to have a sticky substance on patches of the
surface, similar to the sticky stuff on Post-It notes. It rubs off, but
before I noticed it I managed to glue a battery in the innards of my
7600GR, and had a tough time prying it out. Otherwise, they seem to work
well.

On 4/5/2010 10:45 AM, Mike Mc Manus wrote:
Hello,
Anyone happy with a particular brand of NiMH batteries? I use
mine with portable shortwave radios.
Thank you,
Mike McM.


dave April 5th 10 11:05 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
Mike Mc Manus wrote:
Hello,
Anyone happy with a particular brand of NiMH batteries? I use
mine with portable shortwave radios.
Thank you,
Mike McM.


I like Kodak or Duracell. Whatever Wal-Mart has on sale.

dave April 5th 10 11:07 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
Drifter wrote:
On 4/5/2010 10:45 AM, Mike Mc Manus wrote:
Hello,
Anyone happy with a particular brand of NiMH batteries? I use
mine with portable shortwave radios.
Thank you,
Mike McM.


I'm running Sanyo "eneloop" in my Uniden TT 4/ 396T. a slow charge
from my MAHA C808, bout 35 to 45 min. i get over 10 hours. these
are 2K mAh, NiMH. under $10.00 for pack of 4. the cool thing is
they hold their change, un used on the shelf a long time. so, in
the long run, you get more for your money. i have never had any
rechargeable last over 7 hours in the HH scanners. good luck.

Drifter...


I can run my AR8200 all day on a single charge if I turn all the lights
and beeps off.

Geoffrey S. Mendelson[_2_] April 6th 10 02:14 AM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
Bob Dobbs wrote:

The first ones I got were the Sanyo 'eneloop' brand and they're still in
service, although I've acquired others (Hybrio etc) from various manufacturers.
I haven't had the kind of extraordinary experience that would have me favoring
any one brand over another, as long as they're the new formula low self
discharge, so called hybrid, NIMH.


Here in Israel, they are not generally available. Everywhere you go, you
can find Recyco brand ones, from a Hong Kong company called GP.

The first batch I bought were packaged with a dumb charger, the kind where
you put the batteries in and when you get bored seeing the green light stay
on, you take out. Even with 24 hours charging, they never "filled" up.

I switched to an intelligent charger, but they were duds, and soon were
dead. Since then, I have bought several sets, kept them in only in good
chargers and they have been fine. I plan to buy more in the near future.

Due to the high taxes here, they are around $25 for a set of four, so I
have not been rushing out to buy them. I will keep waiting for a sale.

The ones that do work, do so by having higher internal resistance than the
regular ones. Less than alkeline, more than NiCad or regular ones, so
they will not work in all applications.

From what I have read, there are only 3 factories that make them, so it
is likely that the higher priced ones are all from Sanyo (or whosever they
buy) anyway.



In the shortwave portable I use those Lenmar AA2D shells* and still haven't ever
run it down enough to have to switch to the spare quartet I carry in the field.
The digital camera leans far heavier on batteries than the SW portable, and the
new formula nimmies work out well in it too.
* http://r5a76.cjb.net


Thanks for the link, I need them and they are not sold here.

Geoff.


--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM
New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or
understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation.
i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.

[email protected] April 6th 10 05:13 AM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
On Apr 5, 9:14*pm, "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
wrote:
Bob Dobbs wrote:
The first ones I got were the Sanyo 'eneloop' brand and they're still in
service, although I've acquired others (Hybrio etc) from various manufacturers.
I haven't had the kind of extraordinary experience that would have me favoring
any one brand over another, as long as they're the new formula low self
discharge, so called hybrid, NIMH.


Here in Israel, they are not generally available. Everywhere you go, you
can find Recyco brand ones, from a Hong Kong company called GP.

The first batch I bought were packaged with a dumb charger, the kind where
you put the batteries in and when you get bored seeing the green light stay
on, you take out. Even with 24 hours charging, they never "filled" up.

I switched to an intelligent charger, but they were duds, and soon were
dead. Since then, I have bought several sets, kept them in only in good
chargers and they have been fine. I plan to buy more in the near future.

Due to the high taxes here, they are around $25 for a set of four, so I
have not been rushing out to buy them. I will keep waiting for a sale.

The ones that do work, do so by having higher internal resistance than the
regular ones. Less than alkeline, more than NiCad or regular ones, so
they will not work in all applications.

From what I have read, there are only 3 factories that make them, so it
is likely that the higher priced ones are all from Sanyo (or whosever they
buy) anyway.

In the shortwave portable I use those Lenmar AA2D shells* and still haven't ever
run it down enough to have to switch to the spare quartet I carry in the field.
The digital camera leans far heavier on batteries than the SW portable, and the
new formula nimmies work out well in it too.
*http://r5a76.cjb.net


Thanks for the link, I need them and they are not sold here.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel *N3OWJ/4X1GM
New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or
understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation.


Geoffrey S. Mendelson[_2_] April 6th 10 05:24 AM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
wrote:
What happened to Tadiran? Did they stop making rechargable
batteries or it is no longer made locally since it is owned by a
French corporation?


They are alive and well. AFAIK they have never sold consumer batteries,
and in the 20 or so years I have seen their products, including the 13 plus
I have been here, I have never seen a retail one.

I've seen many of them in things, but never sold retail, even out of a
box.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel
N3OWJ/4X1GM
New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or
understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation.
i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.

AllenMcB April 7th 10 02:44 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
On Apr 5, 9:45*am, Mike Mc Manus wrote:
Hello,
* *Anyone happy with a *particular brand of NiMH batteries? *I use
mine with portable shortwave radios.
Thank you,
Mike McM.


I buy Tenergy NiMH batteries from All-Battery.Com. I've used them for
about two and a half years. 24 AA batteries cost about $25, and they
come with cool little four-battery plastic holders.

[email protected][_2_] April 15th 10 06:43 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
On Apr 5, 8:46*am, Drifter wrote:
On 4/5/2010 10:45 AM, Mike Mc Manus wrote:

Hello,
* * Anyone happy with a *particular brand of NiMH batteries? *I use
mine with portable shortwave radios.
Thank you,
Mike McM.


I'm running Sanyo "eneloop" in my Uniden TT 4/ 396T. a slow charge
from my MAHA C808, bout 35 to 45 min. i get over 10 hours. these
are 2K mAh, NiMH. under $10.00 for pack of 4. the cool thing is
they hold their change, un used on the shelf a long time. so, in
the long run, you get more for your money. i have never had any
rechargeable last over 7 hours in the HH scanners. good luck.

Drifter...


Ditto on ENELOOP. That is all I buy these days for rechargeable. I
don't recall seeing them that cheap though.


Drifter April 15th 10 08:53 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
On 4/15/2010 1:43 PM, wrote:
On Apr 5, 8:46 am, wrote:
On 4/5/2010 10:45 AM, Mike Mc Manus wrote:

Hello,
Anyone happy with a particular brand of NiMH batteries? I use
mine with portable shortwave radios.
Thank you,
Mike McM.


I'm running Sanyo "eneloop" in my Uniden TT 4/ 396T. a slow charge
from my MAHA C808, bout 35 to 45 min. i get over 10 hours. these
are 2K mAh, NiMH. under $10.00 for pack of 4. the cool thing is
they hold their change, un used on the shelf a long time. so, in
the long run, you get more for your money. i have never had any
rechargeable last over 7 hours in the HH scanners. good luck.

Drifter...


Ditto on ENELOOP. That is all I buy these days for rechargeable. I
don't recall seeing them that cheap though.


Miso, it's one of those local big box hardware type places. like
Lowes, but local. great rechargeable s.

Drifter...

bpnjensen April 15th 10 08:55 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
On Apr 15, 12:53*pm, Drifter wrote:

Miso, it's one of those local big box hardware type places. like
Lowes, but local. great rechargeable s.

Drifter...- Hide quoted text -


....and here I thought it was a kind of Asian soup...

[email protected] April 15th 10 09:16 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
Lowe's batteries aints no good! duroCHEAPOcell/everNOTready batteries
izza wut Lowe's sells.Wy duz yoo wants tu mess wit sissy batteries?

Iffen yoo wants Rechargeable Batteries, Ahh reccominds RAY O VAC
Rechargeable Batteries.

http://www.devilfinder.com
RAY O VAC Rechargeable Batteries
cuhulin, teh RAY O VAC Alkaline Battery


Geoffrey S. Mendelson[_2_] April 15th 10 10:04 PM

Recharagible batteries recommendations?
 
wrote:

Iffen yoo wants Rechargeable Batteries, Ahh reccominds RAY O VAC
Rechargeable Batteries.


If only. Here we have the standard US brands, Energizer and Duracell
which are poorly made in the EU or absolute crap made in Singapore,
and Chinese (PRC) brands some of which are slightly better than the Singapore
ones others are worse.

Haven't seen a Ray-O-Vac battery since I left the US.

Geoff.


--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel
N3OWJ/4X1GM
New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or
understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation.
i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.


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