Cotty wrote: > I'm serious. What sort of batteries? Are we talking rechargeable? Bought > off the shelf? > > I have always been told that keeping batteries warm is the best way to > keep em charged up! > > Something strange going on here.......
At the risk of teaching grannies.... Batteries 101 _New_ (unused) batteries tend to have a longer shelf life (i.e. the time that they will have useable performance when first used) if they are kept cool. This certainly applies to alkaline types and will probably apply, to a lesser extent, to newer and rechargeable technologies. Once in use, batteries will have a "best" temperature to give up the goods. This will tend to be a warmish temperature - body heat is probably about the ideal. So... new, unused batteries will take no harm from being kept cool. You will gain more performance out of a battery in use if it is not cold. Not so strange. To a chemist. m
