"Renewal"s? I believe those are NiMH. They require a special charger;
don't put them in NiCd chargers...been there, done that, ugly chemical
spill. Otherwise, I'll second everything said below.
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Scott Nelson wrote:
:Well, I don't know if you can get them in Singapore, but I've been using
Rayovac
:rechargeable alkalines. The advantages of these are that they hold their charge
:indefinitely, don't build a :memory", charge more quickly, and act like
:alkalines generally do.. Nicads lose 1-3% a day so if you charge 'em and store
:'em they have the bad habit of being half-dead when ya need 'em. And since you
:don't want to charge 'em till they're close to dead you're in a qaundry. The
:nicads do seem to have faster recycle time when used with my T-32, but the
total
:number of flash cycles goes to the rechargeable alkalines. I have heard that
:NIMH batteries are the best in extreme cold vs. NICAD which become quite dead
:when chilled. News videographers prefer the NIMH for this reason. Hope this
:helps
:
:Scott
:
:>>> "claire" <clairetm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 08/27/99 09:43am >>>
:Dear Z & Z's,
:What are good rechargeable batteries (AA size) for flash & winder use ?
:
:How do U tell when these batts have reached their lifespan.
:
:Rgds
:TMLee, S'pore
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