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    I don't think that Ikea Ladda batteries are Eneloops

    Now I'm shopping for replacements. I used to get laddas for $5/pack from ikea, now they're $9/pack. Ouch. Ikea closed (thanks coronavirus). DX.com? Dead. Nothing. No Soshines, or Enitimes or anything really. Used to have tens of choices with thousands of reviews. All gone. Just one...
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    I don't think that Ikea Ladda batteries are Eneloops

    I've got the white Ikea Ladda AAA NIMH batteries. Pack of four. Bought some five years ago. One pair has lived as a swap in to my single AAA MP3 player, so each battery gets used in my player for the day, then gets swapped with a fresh battery the next day for a solid 10 hours of playing...
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    Looking for a 2 slot travel USB AA Ni-MH charger

    I've read that review. From an enthusiasts point of view (and I was 'one' with a lacrosse BC-900), sure it's just a basic dumb timer with a slow charge but going on 10 years with rechargables, I've saved so much, and really , I don't care that much anymore, and just stick with Ikea for cost an...
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    Looking for a 2 slot travel USB AA Ni-MH charger

    I have the ikea VINNINGE charger. It's great. I use it as my daily charger for some really small audio players that use aaa, and rotating between the empty battery in my player and the charger and I've never had a problem. My mp3 player uses 1 aaa, my headlamp uses 2 aaa and my one travel...
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    Is my Lacrosse BC-900 dead?

    I'm using ikea ladda cells, so they're decent quality, and even with bad cells, at the end of their life, the charger would still 'correctly charge to degraded capacity.' It's missing on all the cells, so the more I think about it, it's probably finished.
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    Is my Lacrosse BC-900 dead?

    It misses 200 500 and 1000 ma terminations with my aaa batteries. Granted the cells are a bit old, but with a 'working' charger, all that would happen would be that the charging would terminate with a lower reported capacity. Any way to reset or rebuild anything inside?
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    Is my Lacrosse BC-900 dead?

    Had it for 10 or so years. Lately, it just misses the termination voltage and just continues to charge straight to 3.7a. Doesn't matter if it's aaa or aa. Tried 200, 500, 700, misses them all the time. Granted, the cells are a bit older, but not completely worn out. However, in earlier...
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    Parasitic Drain of cheap 18650 USB battery bank?

    I have the simplest battery bank as per these: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Portable-USB-Mobile-Power-Bank-Charger-Pack-Box-Battery-Case-for-1-x-18650-CAF-/231854666074?var=&hash=item35fb9d715a:m:mEjr3X7kb1dRFBCYvpBveow I'm pretty happy with them overall. For the cost, they seem to be good value...
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    Cleaning/Removing Corrosion from leaking Alkalines?

    I've had a couple of remotes ruined by leaking batteries. Upon close inspection, the chrome gets eaten off and for some reason the base metal makes a poor contact. The only solution to fix those remotes was to tear apart a parts one for the metal springs and resolder.
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    All USB Power Adapters Created Equal?

    I'll throw in my own 2c here and maybe someone can chime in. I made my own charging station using a 2.1a 5v power source that was once for a router. Measured 5v at the terminals, cut off the end and soldered 2 22awg cables with diy micro usb ends on them. One cord is about 5ft long which...
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    Users who have repurposed laptop 18650s into power banks. How useable are they?

    I have a laptop battery that according to my laptop, only had 30 minutes of capacity. I decided to pull it apart and there were 2p3s batteries. I pulled them out and put one in a single 18650 ebay china battery pack. I'm kind of shocked at the power it has compared to the 2xaa usb battery...
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    Fastest/Smallest AA battery charger?

    I'm looking for something that is small, compact charges aa batteries in less than an hour and if it had usb output, that would be a bonus.
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    Do they make an AA USB Power pack with an usb INPUT to top off while on the road?

    The fasttech link, Do you know if it can charge and output at the same time?
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    Do they make an AA USB Power pack with an usb INPUT to top off while on the road?

    Ok, I'm warming up to the idea of an 18650 power pack. I've been looking at the soshine 2 batt pack with lcd display, or anything out there that's basically pretty cheap. The biggest requirement would be that at home, I can plug it into my wall wart, and then plug my tablet into the pack so...
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    Which is more efficient/has more power? 2 x 2aa USB Chargers or 1 x 4aa USB charger?

    I forgot about that part. Thanks.
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