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Who makes a decent AA/AAA NiMH charger, not a fast or Slow one..
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| | From: | Big Bear | | Subject: | Who makes a decent AA/AAA NiMH charger, not a fast or Slow one.. | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:56:02 +1300 |
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A intelligent one that can be left on, must have Car Adapter and charges in
4-6 hours..
And of Course Cheap..
I do know of one but its 100mins or 8 hours..
If it comes with Batteries must be 2200Mha or larger.
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| | From: | Richard | | Subject: | Re: Who makes a decent AA/AAA NiMH charger, not a fast or Slow one.. | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:04:21 +1300 |
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| Big Bear wrote:
> A intelligent one that can be left on, must have Car Adapter and charges in
> 4-6 hours..
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> And of Course Cheap..
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> I do know of one but its 100mins or 8 hours..
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> If it comes with Batteries must be 2200Mha or larger.
4-6 hours seems an awefully long time to have your car running inorder to charge
batteries.
I have a GP 1 hour one, authough it does take somewhat longer on 2400mAh AA
cells, and cant do a mixture of AA and AAA at the same time. It has a 12v
plugpack so I guess you can use it in the car, and im pretty sure the manual
made mention of a car lead when I was casually glancing at it after buying the
charger
Even if it halves the lifetime of the batteries, whats your time waiting for the
charge worth to you? I was tempted by the varta 15 min one, but it only works
with there cells, so the 1 hour seemed the best compromise.
There is a 2hr GP one as well, but I didnt even look into that as it was only
$10 or $20 cheaper
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| | From: | Big Bear | | Subject: | Re: Who makes a decent AA/AAA NiMH charger, not a fast or Slow one.. | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:26:05 +1300 |
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| On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:04:21 +1300, Richard wrote:
>Big Bear wrote:
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>> A intelligent one that can be left on, must have Car Adapter and charges in
>> 4-6 hours..
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>> And of Course Cheap..
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>> I do know of one but its 100mins or 8 hours..
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>> If it comes with Batteries must be 2200Mha or larger.
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>4-6 hours seems an awefully long time to have your car running inorder to charge
>batteries.
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>I have a GP 1 hour one, authough it does take somewhat longer on 2400mAh AA
>cells, and cant do a mixture of AA and AAA at the same time. It has a 12v
>plugpack so I guess you can use it in the car, and im pretty sure the manual
>made mention of a car lead when I was casually glancing at it after buying the
>charger
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>Even if it halves the lifetime of the batteries, whats your time waiting for the
>charge worth to you? I was tempted by the varta 15 min one, but it only works
>with there cells, so the 1 hour seemed the best compromise.
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>There is a 2hr GP one as well, but I didnt even look into that as it was only
>$10 or $20 cheaper
Super Cheap has one, but not a well known brand from memory, plus I don't
know how intelligent it is, this is the one most rave about, its rate 100min
or 6-8 hours depending on were you look.
http://ecobatteries.co.nz/mhc401fs.html
DSE sells the GP brand but not with a car adapter from what I can see.
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| | From: | colinco | | Subject: | Re: Who makes a decent AA/AAA NiMH charger, not a fast or Slow one.. | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:52:04 +1300 |
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| In article Big Bear says...
> Super Cheap has one, but not a well known brand from memory, plus I don't
> know how intelligent it is, this is the one most rave about, its rate 100min
> or 6-8 hours depending on were you look.
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> http://ecobatteries.co.nz/mhc401fs.html
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> DSE sells the GP brand but not with a car adapter from what I can see.
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I have the Maha. On "fast" 100 min charge cells get quite warm so I
normally stick to over night. Any faster charger would definitely cook
the life out of batteries. Best idea is to rotate several sets.
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| | From: | Brian Withers | | Subject: | Re: Who makes a decent AA/AAA NiMH charger, not a fast or Slow one.. | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:17:36 +1300 |
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| On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:52:04 +1300, colinco wrote:
>In article Big Bear says...
>> Super Cheap has one, but not a well known brand from memory, plus I don't
>> know how intelligent it is, this is the one most rave about, its rate 100min
>> or 6-8 hours depending on were you look.
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>> http://ecobatteries.co.nz/mhc401fs.html
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>> DSE sells the GP brand but not with a car adapter from what I can see.
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>I have the Maha. On "fast" 100 min charge cells get quite warm so I
>normally stick to over night. Any faster charger would definitely cook
>the life out of batteries. Best idea is to rotate several sets.
Even my Sony 6 hour charger, the 2100 Sony batteries to get a bit warm..
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