Subj : Re: Nimh Batteries
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Ed Vance
Date : Sun Jan 12 2025 17:58:28


> ED VANCE wrote:

> It won't do any harm, but the problem is that cameras are fussy about
> voltage, and rechargeables often don't have enough voltage, even when 
> fully charged. If they work in your unit, great. If they don't, stick 
> with disposables.

> My camera that takes AA batteries would not power on with NiMH
> rechargeables.

> I have not tried lithium rechargeables.

> I don't use Duracell/Kirkland batteries anymore, tho, because nowadays 
> most of them leak, sometimes even before being used!!

> The rechargeable batteries that come with cameras are crap, in my 
> experience -- don't last at all (200 shots if you're lucky, which is 
> nothing with a digital camera), and go flat really fast if they get even 
> a little bit cold. Some of them are really expensive, and the 
> aftermarket batteries are even worse crap.
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OUCH!!!!!, Not being able to use those NiMh cells in that camera really hurt
your pocketbook.

Recycling dry cell batteries used to be easy at Radio Shack, now days no store
wants them. If it isn't a Cellphone battery the bin doesn't want it.

I wrap old hearing aid batteries with Scotch Tape and put them in a zip-lock
bag to recycle them.
Stores sell all kinds of batteries, but except for Batteries Plus none of them
care to accept dead batteries for recycling.
I save mine until I need to visit Batteries Plus and then dump my load on them.
I got my hearing aids from the VA Hospital and have took used hearing aid cells
to them.

I had bad luck with Energizer brand dry cells and prefer Duracell and RayOvac
brands.
TKS fer ur comments.
Ed
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