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battery question
I use rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in my Olympus D-560
camera. And recharge on an Energizer Class 2 charger. The batteries loose their charge very quickly whether in or out of the camera. If I want to use the camera after about a week or so, batteries are gone and so are the standby batteries. Is this normal? What can I do to have a ready camera? |
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"Cliffy" wrote in message ... I use rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in my Olympus D-560 camera. And recharge on an Energizer Class 2 charger. The batteries loose their charge very quickly whether in or out of the camera. If I want to use the camera after about a week or so, batteries are gone and so are the standby batteries. Is this normal? What can I do to have a ready camera? How old are the batteries? Re-chargeable batteries have a finite life and eventually begin to fail and lose their charge rapidly. If this is the case then just throw them away and replace them - they are cheap enough. If the batteries are fairly new then I would suggest that you have problems with the charger - Ni-Mh batteries should not lose power as rapidly as this. Kev |
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"Cliffy" wrote in message ... I use rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in my Olympus D-560 camera. And recharge on an Energizer Class 2 charger. The batteries loose their charge very quickly whether in or out of the camera. If I want to use the camera after about a week or so, batteries are gone and so are the standby batteries. Is this normal? What can I do to have a ready camera? How old are the batteries? Re-chargeable batteries have a finite life and eventually begin to fail and lose their charge rapidly. If this is the case then just throw them away and replace them - they are cheap enough. If the batteries are fairly new then I would suggest that you have problems with the charger - Ni-Mh batteries should not lose power as rapidly as this. Kev |
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Even when they're new, I've been told that Nicker Metal Hydride batteries
lose about 1% of their charge everyday even when not being used and out of the camera. That's just the nature of the beast. The new Lithium ion batteries are much better that way. "Uno Hoo!" wrote in message ... "Cliffy" wrote in message ... I use rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in my Olympus D-560 camera. And recharge on an Energizer Class 2 charger. The batteries loose their charge very quickly whether in or out of the camera. If I want to use the camera after about a week or so, batteries are gone and so are the standby batteries. Is this normal? What can I do to have a ready camera? How old are the batteries? Re-chargeable batteries have a finite life and eventually begin to fail and lose their charge rapidly. If this is the case then just throw them away and replace them - they are cheap enough. If the batteries are fairly new then I would suggest that you have problems with the charger - Ni-Mh batteries should not lose power as rapidly as this. Kev |
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Even when they're new, I've been told that Nicker Metal Hydride batteries
lose about 1% of their charge everyday even when not being used and out of the camera. That's just the nature of the beast. The new Lithium ion batteries are much better that way. "Uno Hoo!" wrote in message ... "Cliffy" wrote in message ... I use rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in my Olympus D-560 camera. And recharge on an Energizer Class 2 charger. The batteries loose their charge very quickly whether in or out of the camera. If I want to use the camera after about a week or so, batteries are gone and so are the standby batteries. Is this normal? What can I do to have a ready camera? How old are the batteries? Re-chargeable batteries have a finite life and eventually begin to fail and lose their charge rapidly. If this is the case then just throw them away and replace them - they are cheap enough. If the batteries are fairly new then I would suggest that you have problems with the charger - Ni-Mh batteries should not lose power as rapidly as this. Kev |
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Cliffy wrote: I use rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in my Olympus D-560 camera. And recharge on an Energizer Class 2 charger. The batteries loose their charge very quickly whether in or out of the camera. If I want to use the camera after about a week or so, batteries are gone and so are the standby batteries. Is this normal? What can I do to have a ready camera? Hi... Something's terrible wrong with either your batteries or your charger. Given that you've two sets of batteries most likely your charger. After only a week they should be virtually still fully charged. Unless that is, you've mixed the sets of batteries - and one "set" of four is on it's last legs, but mixed in so as to be some of in each set. For a start, how about asking a friend or neighbor to charge them up for you - perhaps eliminate the charger as a suspect. Should that fail, know it's a bad time of the year, but if the budget permits, try a new set of four batteries. (and if it hasn't been your practice so far; mark these as a set with a bit of tape or a marker pen - then use them and charge them only as a set) Hope this helps. Ken |
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punk wrote: Even when they're new, I've been told that Nicker Metal Hydride batteries lose about 1% of their charge everyday even when not being used and out of the camera. That's just the nature of the beast. The new Lithium ion batteries are much better that way. Hi Punk... (somehow that doesn't feel right I agree that they do self-discharge as all batteries do; but I think that 1% per day is greatly exaggerated... Nevertheless, even if it were fact; then instead of going out and taking a couple hundred pics, he'd be down to only 186... hardly noticable. Take care. Ken |
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Even when they're new, I've been told that Nicker Metal Hydride
batteries lose about 1% of their charge everyday even when not being used and out of the camera. That's just the nature of the beast. The new Lithium ion batteries are much better that way. Hi Punk... (somehow that doesn't feel right I agree that they do self-discharge as all batteries do; but I think that 1% per day is greatly exaggerated... NiMH batteries have some interesting drawbacks, here's a good URL: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000352.htm Couple the facts that NiMH batteries are only good for about 500 cycles, deep discharges shorten battery life, and that they can self-discharge 15% to 20% within the first day, and with moderate use, it doesn't take terribly long before you're just not getting much use out of them. I have a good number of AA NiMH batteries that I've used on my digital camera (light to moderate duty) for about two years, and they still work - but don't hold nearly as much as when new, and if I want a lot of use out of them, I have to grab them straight from the charger. steve |
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Even when they're new, I've been told that Nicker Metal Hydride
batteries lose about 1% of their charge everyday even when not being used and out of the camera. That's just the nature of the beast. The new Lithium ion batteries are much better that way. Hi Punk... (somehow that doesn't feel right I agree that they do self-discharge as all batteries do; but I think that 1% per day is greatly exaggerated... NiMH batteries have some interesting drawbacks, here's a good URL: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000352.htm Couple the facts that NiMH batteries are only good for about 500 cycles, deep discharges shorten battery life, and that they can self-discharge 15% to 20% within the first day, and with moderate use, it doesn't take terribly long before you're just not getting much use out of them. I have a good number of AA NiMH batteries that I've used on my digital camera (light to moderate duty) for about two years, and they still work - but don't hold nearly as much as when new, and if I want a lot of use out of them, I have to grab them straight from the charger. steve |
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"Cliffy" wrote in message
... I use rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in my Olympus D-560 camera. And recharge on an Energizer Class 2 charger. The batteries loose their charge very quickly whether in or out of the camera. If I want to use the camera after about a week or so, batteries are gone and so are the standby batteries. Is this normal? What can I do to have a ready camera? here are a couple of websites if you want to read up on this topic... http://www.batteryuniversity.com/index.htm http://www.buchmann.ca/ cheers...MTB |
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