*POLL* Should I buy 60 2500mAh AA NiMH batteries?

[FrustratedUser]

Hmmm.... 60 for $67 or 24 for $30 ....?

 

[bluewall21]

You don't need that many. It's crazy speak.

 

[So]

Yes! Shower your friends with charged batteries, and your foes with discharged batteries!

 

[everman]

Maybe if you can somehow hook them all up to your tongue at the same time... :Q

 

[FrustratedUser]

Mmmmm... 72 Volts here I come....

 

[DaWhim]

what do you need rechargeable batteries for?

 

[Philippine Mango]

Are these old batteries that you hope to fix? (they don't recharge)

 

[FrustratedUser]

RC Cars.

I'm thinking of making 3 sets of 6V packs ---> 15 batteries
I could use 2 new sets for the transmitter ---> 2 x 8 batteries (16)
A friend needs 6 to 8.

That leaves 21 to 23 batteries left on a pack of 60.

I could use 3 sets for the camera ---> 12 batteries. That leaves 9 to 11 left over.
Maybe I should go with the 60 pack. :Q

 

[Sukhoi]

That's gonna take a while to charge.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Yeah, around 29 hours to charge all 60 if they are empty.

 

[Rinaun]

Which Charger do you use?

 

[FrustratedUser]

An Energizer smart charger. It takes 4 batteries at once. Not fancy but pretty damn good. Charges with 1.8A (got it back when 1800mAh was the shiznit)
The 6V packs will be charged by a computerized charger made for RC stuff. 0.5A to 5A charge current.

29 hours was based on the Energizer charger.

 

[Staples]

60 is too many. 24 is fine. I have a ton of AA NIMH batteries that are just sitting there because everything nowdays uses AAA.

And buy a good charger if you are serious about using rechargeable batteries. There are a million cheap ones out there which just ruin batteries a lot faster than normal.

 

[ForumMaster]

take 60. you can never have too many batteries. where did you get this deal? i use ni-mh's a lot and 2500mAH is really good. just get more chargers.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Batteryspace.com

 

[Carbo]

Does this have anything to do with self gratification toys?

 

[fbrdphreak]

That's a great price on 2500mAh NiMH's, do it!!

 

[FrustratedUser]

I just ordered 60.

 

[Aharami]

i bought 12 waaay back. still havent touched 6 of them yet

 

[RossMAN]

Link?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: So
Yes! Shower your friends with charged batteries, and your foes with discharged batteries!

That's funny

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Link?

Linky for the Grand Nagus!

 

[swtethan]

holy crap 2500????!?!?! i thought my li-poly 1400 battery pack was powerful

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: swtethan
holy crap 2500????!?!?! i thought my li-poly 1400 battery pack was powerful

1400mAh is teh lam0rz.

 

[Mermaidman]

How do I test the real capacity of a NiMH battery? I hate it when a set of NiMH batts die real quickly and I don't know which one was the culprit.