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Subj : AA/AAA gel cells
>> Lead acid batteries exist in D cell size. Are they (or gel cells)
>> also available in C, AA, and AAA sizes? They would be nice for
>> several survival applications.
RW> I use gel cells in my marine handheld radio(AA). I believe I got them from
RW> E & B Marine. Check w/800 information for number. E & B also stocks
RW> excellent stroage containers of all sizes designed for salt water
RW> enviroments.
Thank you for the lead! I also posted a message in SURVIVAL_ORIENTED about the
new Rayovac "Renewable Alkalines". If you have that echo, we might want to move
this discussion to there since there are many survival uses for rechargeables
besides communications.
Subj : SMALL RECHARGEABLE BATTER
JM>I have not found any good info or prices yet....Hopefully it will
turn out to be useable!
I hope so to. The article about the charger indicated that the charge
life would be aproximately 95% of the ordinary alkaline life and that
the batteries could be charged as many as 100 times before replaceing.
No price was mentioned though and I don't even recall where I read it.
Sounded good though.
Subj : Buddy-L Alkaline Recharger
Well, I've seen the thread for the last few weeks regarding rechargers
for Alkaline batteries, and I have to report:
The Eveready charger seems to only work with their own brand of "special"
alkalines, read "expensive".. I saw some posts here where people have said
that they have successfully recharged regular alkalines on them, but I
haven't seen it done.
I just got my Buddy-L alkaline/nicad recharger today. Apparently these
guys are the ones that came up with the technology, and licensed a version
to Eveready, with the stipulation that Eveready make theirs proprietary.
The Buddy-L recharger can recharge ANY alkalines, except 9V- and it can
recharge nicads too (not at the same time, there's a switch on the side).
The docs say that it can recharge alkalines up to 10 times. My cost for
the Buddy-L through a catalog was $55.50 (including shipping).
I'd like to know how this compares to the Eveready, and whether the
Eveready can really be made to charge regular alkalines safely. I will
post a report later on the performance of the Buddy-L later, when I've had
a chance to give it a through workout..
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Msg : 31 of 77
From : Rick Kritikos 1:105/210 Mon 11 Apr 94 14:18
To : All
Subj : NiCads in MiniMag: Problems?
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> Try Renewals, the rechargable alkalines. I have been using them in my
> Newton and they work great!
>
> Must admit I haven't tried them in the mini-mag lite yet.
> They are basically your standard alkalines "hopped up" a bit
> to survive being recharged without exploding.
>
> Pluses over NiCad:
> o Long shelf life
> o Even power discharge, NiCads do not discharge evenly.
> o They recharge in ~20 minutes too.
>
> --
> Stephen R. Johns, Research Analyst
Just bought a 'SUPER CHARGER' and put it through it's paces this week. Seems
the instructions between 'renewals' and the 'supercharger' are almost
identical... Hmm... Strange, isn't it? If you do not let the cell voltage
drop below 1.0v in a standard alkaline, the 'supercharger' can restore it to
full power... I will keep you posted if you wish...
Rick
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