Cordless phone NiMH battery packs

[2phar]

There are a lot of ebay/amazon suppliers of 'no name' 3.6v NiMH battery
packs for cordless phones out of China for $2-$5, but I have my doubts
that these are even NiMH at all, as some I have gotten in the past
haven't lasted a week.

On the other hand, Japanese brand name versions from Mouser etc or big
box stores seems to be north of $20, which is almost as much as buying a
phone itself.

Anyone know of a happy medium here? A lower cost source with acceptable
quality?

TIA!

 

[dave]

On 05/07/2014 06:33 AM, 2phar wrote:

There are a lot of ebay/amazon suppliers of 'no name' 3.6v NiMH battery
packs for cordless phones out of China for $2-$5, but I have my doubts
that these are even NiMH at all, as some I have gotten in the past
haven't lasted a week.

On the other hand, Japanese brand name versions from Mouser etc or big
box stores seems to be north of $20, which is almost as much as buying a
phone itself.

Anyone know of a happy medium here? A lower cost source with acceptable
quality?

TIA!

Use your Dremel and put new cells in the plastic yourself.

 

On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 7:51:19 PM UTC-7, 2phar wrote:

On 5/7/2014 10:34 AM, dave wrote:

On 05/07/2014 06:33 AM, 2phar wrote:

There are a lot of ebay/amazon suppliers of 'no name' 3.6v NiMH battery

packs for cordless phones out of China for $2-$5, but I have my doubts

that these are even NiMH at all, as some I have gotten in the past

haven't lasted a week.



On the other hand, Japanese brand name versions from Mouser etc or big

box stores seems to be north of $20, which is almost as much as buying a

phone itself.



Anyone know of a happy medium here? A lower cost source with acceptable

quality?



TIA!



Use your Dremel and put new cells in the plastic yourself.



You got me thinking.. the existing ones are 3 cells in a shrinkwrap

plastic. I got some a pack of regular AAA NiMH at harborfreight for a

few $ and soldered them together, reused the hookup wire off the old

pack. Cheers.

Ebay bothers you but not Harbor Freight? All their stuff comes from China too.

 

[2phar]

On 5/7/2014 11:01 PM, stratus46@yahoo.com wrote:

Ebay bothers you but not Harbor Freight? All their stuff comes from China too.

It's not so much China on ebay, as it is counterfeit China stuff. I know
HF stuff is China too but it generally is at least what it claims to be,
and there's a local store you can return it to if it's not.

 

[2phar]

On 5/7/2014 10:34 AM, dave wrote:

On 05/07/2014 06:33 AM, 2phar wrote:
There are a lot of ebay/amazon suppliers of 'no name' 3.6v NiMH battery
packs for cordless phones out of China for $2-$5, but I have my doubts
that these are even NiMH at all, as some I have gotten in the past
haven't lasted a week.

On the other hand, Japanese brand name versions from Mouser etc or big
box stores seems to be north of $20, which is almost as much as buying a
phone itself.

Anyone know of a happy medium here? A lower cost source with acceptable
quality?

TIA!

Use your Dremel and put new cells in the plastic yourself.

You got me thinking.. the existing ones are 3 cells in a shrinkwrap
plastic. I got some a pack of regular AAA NiMH at harborfreight for a
few $ and soldered them together, reused the hookup wire off the old
pack. Cheers.

 

[Tim Schwartz]

On 5/7/2014 9:33 AM, 2phar wrote:

There are a lot of ebay/amazon suppliers of 'no name' 3.6v NiMH battery
packs for cordless phones out of China for $2-$5, but I have my doubts
that these are even NiMH at all, as some I have gotten in the past
haven't lasted a week.

On the other hand, Japanese brand name versions from Mouser etc or big
box stores seems to be north of $20, which is almost as much as buying a
phone itself.

Anyone know of a happy medium here? A lower cost source with acceptable
quality?

TIA!

If you choose the right cordless phones, then they don't need special
packs. The last couple of Panasonic phones I've bought have used 2 NiMH
"AAA" cells. These can be ordered from suppliers like Digikey or
Mouser, of decent quality, and your choice of capacity.

Tim
Bristol Electronics