| Title: | Fishing-V2: All About Angling |
| Notice: | Time to go fishin'! day egins |
| Moderator: | WAHOO::LEVESQUE |
| Created: | Fri Jul 19 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 548 |
| Total number of notes: | 9621 |
I run through a lot of alkaline 'AA's on things like flashguns and
a portable computer that will not use nicads.
Has anyone had any experience recharging alkalines? I just slapped
a few that, according to my RS multimeter, were considerably
down, into my RS charger and brought them back to full strength
[?] in about 30 minutes.
I understand that there is some danger of bursting [though mine
remained cool], and know there are warnings against recharing, but
under reasonable controlled conditions
o can alkalines be topped off in a nicad charger?
o can they be made usuable if totally depleted?
Thanks [always trying to save money in these hard times]
/Ron
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| 173.1 | Not a good idea normally.. | DELNI::JMCDONOUGH | Tue May 12 1992 14:03 | 6 | |
I think the danger is not simply 'bursting', but rather "EXPLODING"!!
I'd be extremely careful re-charging anything that wasn't designed to
do it...
JM
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| 173.2 | Do the right thing....... | DVLP23::WHITTEMORE | Carp Perdiem | Wed May 13 1992 08:53 | 15 |
Ron,
I was going through a pair of 'AA' every couple o' weeks in my walkman
and finally broke down and bought a GE nickel cadmium battery charger and
four GE AA rechargeable batteries (nickel cadmium). Although the initial
investment was no small consideration I'm quite pleased; I keep one set in
the charger and the other 'on line'. Although per-charge life span would
seem to be shorter than the alkali etc. I've no doubt that the whole shoot-
ing match has paid for itself already. It's a modular system in that any
of the GE charger modules for the various size batteries will fit the same
GE nickel cadmium battery charger. I believe they even make a nickel cadmium
9 volt battery.
Joe W.
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| 173.3 | ... | DELNI::JMCDONOUGH | Wed May 13 1992 12:39 | 18 | |
Re .2
That's a pretty common set-up...but due to the initial cost I cna
understand why they design 'em that way..
I finally got smart and changed the way I run the electric fence
around my garden... I have a little battery-operated fence energizer
that I bought at AGWAY, and it works fine on a 6-volt battery. I was
going through two of those batteries that are about $16.99 each year,
and some years I'd have to buy a third.. (Battery's thin, has two
terminals on top and a plastic handle..) So it was in the range of
$32.00 to $50.00 a year. This year I went to Sears, bought a $59.95
6-volt car battery, 48 month warranty and it works like a champ! I
already have a charger, so I figure I'll save about $150.00 using this
battery....actually, since I only use it in the summer ahd will keep it
inside but charged during the winter months, I may get more years out
of it...
JM
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| 173.4 | For those moments when nicads aren't enough | MCIS5::GOODENOW | Wed May 13 1992 17:28 | 15 | |
Thanks for ideas.
I am inveterate user of nicads. Carry one of those nifty little
Panasonic four double A chargers everywhere and have a big RS job.
I buy batteries at BJ's for a buck apiece and use them on everything
but my Poqet and a flashgun that will burn up from nicads. Hence,
my question about alkalines.
Incidentally, CMC in Ohio sells nice 6 volt lead acid rechargables
for about $9. In an earlier note I explained how I hooked them up
to my Eagle depthfinder. Get about 6 hours per charge [which takes
only about an hour]. Savings will be incalculable. Now if only
I could find fish rather than bottom!
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