Yes, I had high hopes of using some AAA Eneloops in my indoor/outdoor
thermometer's receiver/display which eats a pair of AAA's every three
weeks like clockwork. Normal NiMH wouldn't cut it because they'd run
down from self flagellation before the three weeks were out. Eneloops
sounded just right. Unfortunately, 2.4 volts isn't enough to light the
fire on the receiver/display unit. I'm going to have to find a
different solution. Either two larger alkalines or three Eneloops.
Either is going to require an external battery case of some sort.
Chuck Norcutt
Garth Wood wrote:
> Y'know, I'd love to use rechargeables in more situations, but because
> each cell has 20% less nominal voltage than a similar alkaline, many of
> the devices I wish to use them in are sensitive to the reduced voltage
> levels, and almost immediately begin to complain that the batteries are
> "dying" (or the devices just stop working after a day or so). Several
> of my optical wireless mice are like this, ferinstance.
>
> The Eneloops are being sold at my local Costco for what appears to be a
> very attractive price (and have you *seen* the price of offline HDD
> storage lately? Oh mama it's cheap!), but even a good price is a bad
> deal when you can't use 'em properly. I remember when they used to sell
> rechargeable alkalines (which I used a lot, and had the "correct"
> nominal voltage), but they appear to have gone out of fashion in the
> last few years...
>
>
> Garth
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