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

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

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

1400mAh is teh lam0rz.

its 11.1v in about the size of 2 AA

 

[funboy6942]

I have over 100 myself. between the kids toys, my toys I have about 20 left for rotation (gotta have some on the charger ready to go you know )

 

[mercanucaribe]

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

That's in milliamp hours. To get watt hours you have to multiply the volts by the amps.

 

[Staples]

Originally posted by: Aharami
i bought 12 waaay back. still havent touched 6 of them yet

Be sure to charge them once a month. Just like a car battery (they are rechargeable batteries too), leaving any rechargeable battery sitting without a charge is very bad practice.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Staples

Originally posted by: Aharami
i bought 12 waaay back. still havent touched 6 of them yet

Be sure to charge them once a month. Just like a car battery (they are rechargeable batteries too), leaving any rechargeable battery sitting without a charge is very bad practice.

They are going to be used frequently. No issues there.

 

[Staples]

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.

Here are many cheap voltometer testers. They will tell you how much power your battery is putting out at any one time.

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/battery_testers.htm

I have one and always use it to determine when one battery is significantly lower capacity than the other. Also, I have found that in a device that uses more than one battery, sometimes it seems that the device is pulling more juice from one battery than the other.

If you want to really find out the actual capacity of each battery, you will have to pay quite a bit ($100) for a device that can test that.

Edit, well maybe now. This thing was twice the price a year or two ago.

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/la_crosse_bc-900_battery_charger.php

 

[FoBoT]

i got a pack of 8 AA 1800mAh Batteries for $6 from www.excesssolutions.com

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
That's a great price on 2500mAh NiMH's, do it!!

agreed.

picking some up now.

 

[ElFenix]

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

i've got a couple of 1400SCR sub-C packs... they're about a decade old. now you can get AA sized cells with that much capacity. and your sub-Cs are putting out 3800 mah

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: 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.

get a good computer charger. there is one in hot deals from amazon (search for charger).

 

[JujuFish]

FWIW, I voted 60.

 

[MattCo]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: 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.

get a good computer charger. there is one in hot deals from amazon (search for charger).

Thanks, I have wondered that as well!

 

[mrrman]

where you buying these from as I need some for my wireless controllers...Thanks

 

[FrustratedUser]

The link is posted in this thread. YGPM.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
The link is posted in this thread. YGPM.

I didn't read every single post but I only see a link to batteryspace.com?

Do you have a link to the specific product page?

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
The link is posted in this thread. YGPM.

I didn't read every single post but I only see a link to batteryspace.com?

Do you have a link to the specific product page?

I did post the exact product link.
Here it is again.

 

[Yossarian451]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
The link is posted in this thread. YGPM.

I didn't read every single post but I only see a link to batteryspace.com?

Do you have a link to the specific product page?

I did post the exact product link.
Here it is again.

I have had a good experience with battery space's prices and quality. I am still on the set of 40 that my brother and I split 3 years ago. They usually have the best prices.

 

[JinLien]

Are they going to be use often enought to be cycle through every 2-3 months?

NiMH batteries require to be charge, other wise their internal power drain would drop the voltage to well below 1V that render them useless (can't be recharge). Even with regular usage NiMH batteries will die after 3-5 years, therefore purchase them as you need it is the best solution.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

16 2500mAh NiMH AA's + 15 min Energizer charger =
Always have batteries ready for things, and I'm going to give 6 of them a permenant home in a Nomad battery pack.

 

[Baked]

I bought 12x 2300mAh MAHA AAs like a year back. Haven't used them much though. I thought it was overkill. They're for my Canon digicam.