14-09-2007, 15:51
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Re: Battery chargers.
Well I was in Adsa today a place I visit as seldom as possible.Anyway I though to take a look in the electrical section and found a Uniross X-Press 150 for £8.95 so I bought it.
I will get the batteries you suggest though zingy and try them.The only way to find out is to experiment after all.
Thank you all for your suggestions and I will come back and tell you how it goes.Greenies to follow. 
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14-09-2007, 16:14
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Re: Battery chargers.
ive run a test on the hybrio put them in my camera as soon as I got them and not used the camera. Now normal rechargables would have been dead within a fortnight due to meta data and self drain. The hybrios are still working now some 3 months later
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14-09-2007, 17:45
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Re: Battery chargers.
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
ive run a test on the hybrio put them in my camera as soon as I got them and not used the camera. Now normal rechargables would have been dead within a fortnight due to meta data and self drain. The hybrios are still working now some 3 months later
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Just ordered some Eneloop from Amazon, got to be worth a look. 
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14-09-2007, 19:36
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Re: Battery chargers.
Another choice where CR-V3 format is also supported, is a rechargable CR-V3 kit, though it is not price/capacity competetive with NiMH AA.
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27-09-2007, 19:57
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Re: Battery chargers.
Amazon have a deal on Eneloops at the moment - £10.21 for a pack of 8 AAs.
But be warned, these offers don't last for long!
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27-09-2007, 20:24
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Re: Battery chargers.
Quote:
Originally Posted by altis
Amazon have a deal on Eneloops at the moment - £10.21 for a pack of 8 AAs.
But be warned, these offers don't last for long!
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I found the aldi/lidl batteries seem to work ok... and at £2.50 for a pack of 4
Only 2100Mah they aren't the highest capacity around.
Worth keeping an eye out for.
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27-09-2007, 21:28
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Re: Battery chargers.
Quote:
Originally Posted by altis
Amazon have a deal on Eneloops at the moment - £10.21 for a pack of 8 AAs.
But be warned, these offers don't last for long!
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Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I just bought them for £14.99 
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27-09-2007, 22:11
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Re: Battery chargers.
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28-09-2007, 13:06
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Re: Battery chargers.
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Originally Posted by Delta Whiskey
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I just bought them for £14.99 |
I e-mailed Amazon and they are going to refund the difference.
"The discounts we offer for items on our website do vary from time to
time. I've checked your order #***-******-******* and found that we
now offer a greater discount on "Eneloop AA 8 Pack Batteries
2000mAh" than at the time you placed your order.
We are only able to adjust the price of an order in instances where
less than thirty days have passed between the date on which an order
was dispatched and the time that an item is reduced in price on our
site.
I have therefore requested a refund of 4.78 GBP to your payment
card. This amount reflects the difference between the price you were
charged and the current discounted price. The refund should appear
as a credit on your next bank statement."
(My Bold text, didn't know they did this as a matter of course)
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28-09-2007, 17:35
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Re: Battery chargers.
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Originally Posted by altis
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Thanks for the links, good reading there. 
Just received notification of repayment from Amazon:
"Greetings from Amazon.co.uk.
We're writing to confirm that we have processed your refund for £4.78
for the above-referenced order.
We hope this is a satisfactory solution for you."
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03-11-2007, 15:21
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Re: Battery chargers.
Here's a little more useful bedtime reading from the CandlePowerForums:
Why Eneloops?
A look at slow charging
There's lots of info there about the best way to charge NiMh cells. It seams you either need to charge slowly at about 0.1C for a fixed period or at 1C to 2C with -dV/dt charge termination. It appears that detection of full charge can be problematic with currents below 1C.
FYI: 'C' is a current equal to the capacity of the cell divided by 'hours'. So for 2000mAh Eneloop AAs, 1C is 2000mA (or two amps), 0.1C is 200mA etc.
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03-11-2007, 18:26
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Re: Battery chargers.
Quote:
Originally Posted by altis
Here's a little more useful bedtime reading from the CandlePowerForums:
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Thanks for the links, I've gone over completely to Eneloops now.
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