On 17/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >At the risk of teaching grannies.... >Batteries 101
Sorry sonny, you'll have to speak up a bit ;-) > >_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. As in fridge - cool, right? Never knew that. > >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. As I understood it. > >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. This explains it. I have never bought batteries that I have never immediately pressed into use. When I buy batteries, they get used almost immediately, and continue to get used, except the stacks of Duracell AAs that clutter up a shelf in the back of the truck waiting their turn to sit inside a radio mic transmitter for a day or two. Mercifully night temps are cool, and then during the day it warms up in their as I charge to and fro, so I guess that might be ideal? >Not so strange. To a chemist. Very strange to grannies though. Now where's my walking frame? Cheers, Cotty PS, Mike - so nice to see you posting lots more. Gone are the days of: Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:56:38 +0100 From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ANYONE SEEN THE ARCHIVES RECENTLY THEY ARE GONE AGAIN!!! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ;-) ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
