On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:12:16 -0700, "RJ"
wrote:

When I got the digital camera,
I had to get the NIMH batterys and the charger.
then I said;
Why buy alkalines any more ?
and I switched my radios to NIMH batts too.

Now here's food for thought;
A pair of alkalines measure 3.1 v
A pair of NIMHs measure 2.4 v 2.6 v

Would the lower voltage affect the performance
of any of these "3 volt radios" ?

????


rj
Not enough to bother me.

With most of my radios (Kaito 1102, Icom IC-R5, Degen 1005) I don't
have a problem using 2500 mah NiMH AA rechargeables, but with my
Sangean Super 909 ( a notable battery hog) using NiMH resulted in a
lower signal reading and much less light out of the backlight. My
sollution to that was to make an external battery pack to hold 5 AA's
(5 x 1.2 = 6.0) and plug it in to the jack on the radio. Works
perfect!

dk
Superior WI USA
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