Batteries

On 2014.05.01, 22:17 , Robert Coe wrote:
(since rechargeables are rarely sold with a usable level of
charge).

Eneloops are.


--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07

On Fri, 02 May 2014 22:45:52 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote:
: On 2014.05.01, 22:17 , Robert Coe wrote:
: (since rechargeables are rarely sold with a usable level of
: charge).
:
: Eneloops are.

So says Mort as well. My response is that I bought top-of-the-line Eneloops
and charged them immediately on a good charger that charges each battery
individually. All of them took some amount of charge.

Bob

On 2014.05.03, 07:15 , Robert Coe wrote:
On Fri, 02 May 2014 22:45:52 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote:
: On 2014.05.01, 22:17 , Robert Coe wrote:
: (since rechargeables are rarely sold with a usable level of
: charge).
:
: Eneloops are.

So says Mort as well. My response is that I bought top-of-the-line Eneloops
and charged them immediately on a good charger that charges each battery
individually. All of them took some amount of charge.

Some amount was likely small (the final period of charge is the least
amount of difference in total charge).

I just used mine until they needed a recharge.



--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07

In article , Robert Coe
wrote:

: (since rechargeables are rarely sold with a usable level of
: charge).
:
: Eneloops are.

So says Mort as well. My response is that I bought top-of-the-line Eneloops
and charged them immediately on a good charger that charges each battery
individually. All of them took some amount of charge.

he's correct. low self-discharge nimh are sold charged.

if you put them in a charger, they should have taken only a small
amount of charge to top them off, which would be fairly quick.

they won't take a full charge cycle, as would a normal nimh battery.

if that's not the case, then your charger doesn't properly detect a
full charge, which is not good.

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 02 May 2014 22:45:52 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote:
: On 2014.05.01, 22:17 , Robert Coe wrote:
: (since rechargeables are rarely sold with a usable level of
: charge).
:
: Eneloops are.

So says Mort as well. My response is that I bought top-of-the-line Eneloops
and charged them immediately on a good charger that charges each battery
individually. All of them took some amount of charge.

The generic name for them is "precharged rechargeable" and batteries
based on that chemistry are available from numerous sources. Sanyo
Eneloop was the first, but Energizer, Duracell, and Rayovac all have
them, as well as smaller players like Maha. They are also available as
store-brand generics--"AmazonBasics" for example.

"Eneloop" has its own wikipedia entry that goes through a lot of detail
on the various models and generations of that brand and it worth a
read--among other things I didn't know that Sanyo had been taken over by
Panasonic or that there was a high-capacity "Eneloop Pro" series
available.

On Sat, 3 May 2014 09:08:05 -0400, "J. Clarke" wrote:
: In article ,
: says...
:
: On Fri, 02 May 2014 22:45:52 -0400, Alan Browne
: wrote:
: : On 2014.05.01, 22:17 , Robert Coe wrote:
: : (since rechargeables are rarely sold with a usable level of
: : charge).
: :
: : Eneloops are.
:
: So says Mort as well. My response is that I bought top-of-the-line Eneloops
: and charged them immediately on a good charger that charges each battery
: individually. All of them took some amount of charge.
:
: The generic name for them is "precharged rechargeable" and batteries
: based on that chemistry are available from numerous sources. Sanyo
: Eneloop was the first, but Energizer, Duracell, and Rayovac all have
: them, as well as smaller players like Maha. They are also available as
: store-brand generics--"AmazonBasics" for example.
:
: "Eneloop" has its own wikipedia entry that goes through a lot of detail
: on the various models and generations of that brand and it worth a
: read--among other things I didn't know that Sanyo had been taken over by
: Panasonic or that there was a high-capacity "Eneloop Pro" series
: available.

I guess those are the ones I have. They're black with silver logos and
lettering and are labelled "High capacity eneloop for professional use". I
ordered them from B&H. Their capacity is 2400 mAh, which actually isn't
especially high. I have several sets of "Impact" batteries (which I think is a
B&H house brand) that claim to be 2700 mAh.

Bob