I have bought many pre-charged right off the shelf and hit them with my multi meter and they all came in right around 1.0 to 1.2 which is what they should come in at. I think around .087 is when they are "dead" and need recharged. If they fall below .043 I think then the cell is damaged. Each one is slightly different. I think the reason they started selling the pre-charged batteries were for people like me who prefer rechargeable but if one is out and about and they need new batteries they normally had to buy disposable. Now one can buy the pre-charged and in most cases that should get one through until they get home to a charger. I have had good luck with this practice but I can not say that everyone will. I don't like buying disposable batteries in the store due to price. I buy my lithium cells from battery junction and they are cheaper then alkaline in the store. Hope this helps. I would say just buy one pack you may like the idea of the pre-charge or you may hate them. I like them and use them a lot!!!!
>>> <[email protected]> 7/15/2010 6:23 AM >>> That was the point - they are supposed to retain 75% of the charge for up to a year, and somewhere I read that they are supposed to last longer as well. Dylan Dylan Haines Systems Technical Support Manager HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. Box725, The Hive 37 Hall Street Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0 Tel: (902)634-8316 ext. 237 Cell: (902)553-0706 Fax: (902)634-3647 www.hb-studios.com ( blocked::blocked::http://www.hb-studios.com/ ) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Grafelman Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:45 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Pre-charged NiMH batteries Haven't heard of this, but if I had the option I would specifically look for the regular "uncharged" (or half-charged, whatever it really is) rather than some pre-charged battery that's been sitting in a factory, warehouse(s), transit vehicle(s), stockroom, and then the shelf from which I buy it. :P Thanks, Brad Grafelman E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (309) 657-5582 On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Dylan Haines <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all, just wondering if anyone has any data to share on the performance of the newer pre-charged NiMH batteries? - a little more expensive but supposed to hold their charge longer on the shelf. Thanks Dylan Dylan Haines Systems Technical Support Manager HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. Box725, The Hive 37 Hall Street Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0 Tel: (902)634-8316 ext. 237 Cell: (902)553-0706 Fax: (902)634-3647 www.hb-studios.com _______________________________________________ Tech-geeks mailing list [email protected] http://lists.illinicloud.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech-geeks --- Scanned by M+ Guardian Messaging Firewall ---
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