Re: Batteries Always Ready?

"Ken Hart" <kwhart1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Joel" <Joel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:3hont3dsp5q0bq6seu2je8p9ciic4ar498@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  snip
> >
> > Can you share your personal experience with the type of rechargeable
> > bettery that the saving don't justify you.  Most of us (at least I do)

> > find
> > that rechargeable battery is one of the best ways to save money, and I

> > know
> > I can't afford the non-rechargeable betteries.
> 
> My strobes draw a fair amount of current in a fairly short time (5-10 
> seconds). The rechargeables can't seem to keep up. If they succeed in 
> sourcing the current, they heat up and lose their charge more rapidly.
The 
> rechargeables that have worked for me give perhaps a third of the use
per 
> charge of an aklaline, so I have to carry three times as many batteries.
 If 
> they don't succeed in supplying the current, they tend to swell,
damaging 
> the battery compartment.
> 
> By buying batteries in bulk (144 at a time, bulk packaging), and keeping

> them in cold storage with the film, I always have fresh batteries. I
don't 
> have to be concerned whether the battery is fully charged or not. 

	Strobes?  sorry I don't have any experience with the combination of
Strobes & Battery to share or compare, my strobes use 110V AC.  I was
thinking you meant something like AA NiMH batteries.

	Sorry for the confusion and thanks for clearing it up.