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Some of us are more financially conservative and environmentally savvy.I only use Ray O Vac alkaline batteries.
Nah, we just don't like to pollute our ground water.I only use Ray O Vac alkaline batteries.
Some of us are more financially conservative and environmentally savvy.
How do you dispose of your alkaline batteries? It's against the law to
just throw them into the trash here in California.
Which goes counter to what the trash is for, too...
Then again, it's California, where *everything* has been shown to
cause cancer and must have a warning.
Wouldn't you know it? Just two days after I wrote that I got caughtI am trying not to rely on Hybrio's supposed long-storage life, and to
carry a spare set of cells at all times.
Try one of the dozen or so alternative brands. I've has GREAT successI'll carry on using the Hybrios, if only because they do seem to hold
part-charge better than standard NiMH, but I won't buy any more.
I've learned from experience to take a big pile o' freshly rechargedWouldn't you know it? Just two days after I wrote
I got caught out.
Indeed - which makes the self discharge rate pretty irrelevant. EspeciallyWouldn't you know it? Just two days after I wrote
I got caught out.
I've learned from experience to take a big pile o' freshly recharged
batteries when I go out to photograph. One advantage of this is that I
can leave the flash on all the time, not having to switch it on and off
as I take pictures.
Many thanks to all. (except possibly Mr *Moody* Sommerwerck) The chargerOn Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:14:52 +0100, "john d hamilton"
bluestar@mail.invalid> wrote:
Have just bought the latest type of rechargeable *Hybrid* batteries from
Maplin, made by Uniross, called Hybrio. (also Argos are now selling them
made by Sanyo).
They are supposed to have the advantage over Nickel Metal Hydride in that
they don't have the 'memory effect'. Also the advantage of the Alkaline,
in
that they dont self discharge at quite a high rate when not being used.
The charger I have is an Energiser designed for Nickel Hydride batteries
and
which indicates when a battery is fully charged, by the charging light
going
off. But when putting in the Hybrid batteries the light does not go off.
Is there an harm done to these hybrid batteries if they are overcharged?
Would it be to much trouble to identify the specific charger?
In 1982, first time I saw self-discharge progress to a full short, IOn Oct 9, 1:38 am, E Z Peaces <c...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
William Sommerwerck wrote:
A big killer of nickel cells is internal salts. They allow electrical
leakage so a cell won't hold a charge long and eventually can't be
charged at all. These deposits increase during trickle or C/10 charging
but apparently not with fast charging.
There are ways to burn off those salts. I suppose it might be done
with a well designed apparatus to gain a bit more life from a dead
cell, but not economically practical. For emergency purposes or as an
experiment, one can "tickle" the cell with a high voltage. I have even
used 120VAC from the wall socket. This is not for the feint of heart
and I would not advise even experimenting without proper eye and other
protection. A 12VDC battery applied to a 1.5VDC cell might be held
for about a second and no more.
Which goes counter to what the trash is for, too...cuhulin@webtv.net wrote:
I only use Ray O Vac alkaline batteries.
Some of us are more financially conservative and environmentally savvy.
How do you dispose of your alkaline batteries? It's against the law to
just throw them into the trash here in California.