Anyone got a Maha MH-C9000 Wizard One Battery Charger?

[Brian Gregory [UK]]

"Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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In message <f7i396pianstgvqk9ii0ebdqgh8n38a2ug@4ax.com>, Spike
Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> writes

Brian Gregory [UK] wrote:

"Brian Morrison" <bdm@fenrir.org.uk> wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:49:26 +0100
Spike <Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> wrote:

Sanyo (various deals) are avalable from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field
-keywords=eneloop&x=19&y=23

and the ReCyko ones are in the list somewhere.

I have bought 4 from a trader on Ebay, at a shade under 7 GBP. I do
like the idea that they hold their charge for a long time, I had not
realised that hybrid NiMH did that. The capacity is a little lower than
I'd like, but I suspect more of it may be usable so it may not be such
a loss.

I use Vapex Instants.
http://www.vapextech.co.uk/acatalog/High_Power_Consumer_Batteries.html#a18

The charge retention on the Vapex seems inferior to the Eneloop:

Vapex 6 months About 80% of charge is held
12 months About 70% of charge is held

Eneloop: 90 per cent of the charge after 6 months
85 per cent after 12 months

and the Eneloops are cheaper; an 8-pack is Ł15.59 with free shipping
from Amazon.

8 Instants from vapextech.co.uk would be Ł10.50 with free shipping.

But maybe I'll try Eneloops some time.

Over the past three years, I have, at radio rallies, bought 4 packs of 4
Vapex AAs (2700 and 2800mAh). So far, four have gone bad. They rapidly
lost their charge and, beneath the plastic, the casing went 'bubbly' and
'lumpy'. I have no idea why this should have happened. They were all used
for light duties - powering radios and the like, and generally treated
well.

Yes I only like the Vapex "Instant" ones.
They're 2100mAH low self discharge.

On the other hand, I'm still using some AA nicads, which came out of a
printed circuit board, bought at one of the Shuttleworth rallies, some 20
years ago (even if they have now been relegated to powering some solar
powered garden lights!).

--

Brian Gregory. (In the UK)
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To email me remove the letter vee.

 

[Walt Davidson]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:17:57 +0100, Brian Morrison <bdm@fenrir.org.uk>
wrote:

In my experience of using these cells, it is not a case of
"either/or". They appear to have both high capacity and good charge
retention performance.

What do you class as good in that respect?

"Good" is an AA NiMH cell with any capacity higher than 2500 maH. As
far as charge retention is concerned, I have kept some of these cells
on the shelf for 2 months after fully charging and find them, as far
as I can determine, still fully charged ... in the sense that they
will power a radio for the expected time/duty cycle, just as if newly
charged.

Of course Spike will be along in a minute to tell us that is a
thoroughly unscientific assessment.


73 de G3NYY

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[Brian Reay]

"Walt Davidson" <g3nyy@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:17:57 +0100, Brian Morrison <bdm@fenrir.org.uk
wrote:

In my experience of using these cells, it is not a case of
"either/or". They appear to have both high capacity and good charge
retention performance.

What do you class as good in that respect?

"Good" is an AA NiMH cell with any capacity higher than 2500 maH. As
far as charge retention is concerned, I have kept some of these cells
on the shelf for 2 months after fully charging and find them, as far
as I can determine, still fully charged ... in the sense that they
will power a radio for the expected time/duty cycle, just as if newly
charged.

In my experience, the low self-discharge rate of NiMH cells is remarkable.
As you say, 2 mths seems to have little practical effect on the state of
charge. In contrast, the old NiCd cells seemed to self discharge
significantly in a couple of weeks.

One thing, the coulometric charge efficiency of NiMH cells is about 65% and
seems more consistant that the figure for NiCD cells, which varies with
charge rate.
The coulometric charge efficiency increases with charge rate.

Of course Spike will be along in a minute to tell us that is a
thoroughly unscientific assessment.

I'd not let Spike bother you Walt.

--
73
Brian G8OSN/W8OSN
www.g8osn.net

 

[Spike]

Brian Reay wrote:

In my experience

And that's your problem, I suspect.

When it comes to people bringing up such matters as civil liberties,
the politicisation of the police, dilemmas caused by one law tripping
over another, and now the choice between outright capacity and charge
retention in AA cells, it is met by you saying something along the
lines of "were you there?" or "there's more to this than has been
reported" or "I've never seen that", among other well-used cliches.
That is, you comment, apparently, based on your experience.

Since this may be limited, and other people have other experiences
even of the same topic, it's indeed a very weak line to take.

With AA cells there is at least some numbers to be found, and I was
forthright enough to at least publish the data associated with the
cells in question - but what do you come back with? Experience...

....and not a fact in sight. Do facts scare you in some way? Can't you
handle them? Do you even know where to find them?

Perhaps you'd best stick to training the trainers, the title alone
suggests there isn't a single fact there to disturb your equilibrium.


Spike

 

[Brian Reay]

"Spike" <Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> wrote in message
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Brian Reay wrote:

In my experience

And that's your problem, I suspect.

snipped

Have you been drinking the water in Chippenham or Renfrew?

;-)

--
73
Brian G8OSN/W8OSN
www.g8osn.net

 

[Spike]

Brian Reay wrote:

"Spike" <Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> wrote in message
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Brian Reay wrote:

In my experience

And that's your problem, I suspect.

snipped

Have you been drinking the water in Chippenham or Renfrew?

;-)

One of those places is in a foreign country, and the other seems as if
it is on another planet...


Spike

 

[M0WYM]

On 16/09/10 19:43, Spike wrote:

Perhaps you'd best stick to training the trainers, the title alone
suggests there isn't a single fact there to disturb your equilibrium.


Spike

I'm not sure about that as, in another group, he didn't appear to
realise the effect on linearity of placing a resistor in parallel with a
multiturn .25% linearity pot!


Charlie.

--
M0WYM
www.radiowymsey.org

Sales @ radiowymsey
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/gnome7763/m.html?

 

[Brian Reay]

"M0WYM" <nospammers@radiowymsey.org> wrote in message
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On 16/09/10 19:43, Spike wrote:
Perhaps you'd best stick to training the trainers, the title alone
suggests there isn't a single fact there to disturb your equilibrium.


Spike

I'm not sure about that as, in another group, he didn't appear to realise
the effect on linearity of placing a resistor in parallel with a multiturn
.25% linearity pot!

Money where mouth is time Charlie, tell us the problem in the application
given.

 

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"Spike" <Aero.Spike@S&T.invalid> wrote in message
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Brian Reay wrote:

In my experience

And that's your problem, I suspect.

snipped

Have you been drinking the water in Chippenham or Renfrew?

;-)

More probably that at ME7 3RT