Supernam
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When using 4 AA alkalines, the voltage is 6 volts, with NiMH it's 4.8 volts. Obviously, it would take 5 nimhs to equal the voltage of 4 alkalines. This leads me to my question, and please forgive me that it is not flashlight related although the same principles can be applied to them.
I have pair of Midland 2-way radios. They come with NiMH rechargable battery packs. The packs are basically 5 AAA cells enclosed in a plastic shell. The voltage is 6v with stated capacity of 700mAH. This is not very much capacity in my opinion. One has the option of not using the battery packs and using 4 AA alkalines instead which will give you 6v and longer running time?
Would it be wise to use 4 AA NiMHs instead? This would obviously bring the voltage down to 4.8, but with the advantage of having 2500mAH. Do you think, or do you know if this reduction in voltage would diminish efficacy of my 2-way radios? The radios are rated at 5 Watts, which I cannot prove nor disprove. They also have a very ambitious 14 mile rating (4-5 miles max realistically). I hypothesize that because of the lower voltage, signal strength would be decreases and therefore effective range of the units will also be decreased.
I'm worried that the 20% reduction in voltage with the 4 NiMH will have a significant impact on signal strength. Is my concern legitamate? Any help apprciated.
I have pair of Midland 2-way radios. They come with NiMH rechargable battery packs. The packs are basically 5 AAA cells enclosed in a plastic shell. The voltage is 6v with stated capacity of 700mAH. This is not very much capacity in my opinion. One has the option of not using the battery packs and using 4 AA alkalines instead which will give you 6v and longer running time?
Would it be wise to use 4 AA NiMHs instead? This would obviously bring the voltage down to 4.8, but with the advantage of having 2500mAH. Do you think, or do you know if this reduction in voltage would diminish efficacy of my 2-way radios? The radios are rated at 5 Watts, which I cannot prove nor disprove. They also have a very ambitious 14 mile rating (4-5 miles max realistically). I hypothesize that because of the lower voltage, signal strength would be decreases and therefore effective range of the units will also be decreased.
I'm worried that the 20% reduction in voltage with the 4 NiMH will have a significant impact on signal strength. Is my concern legitamate? Any help apprciated.
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