Question regarding storage of Eneloop cells
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SilverFox
Flashaholic
Hello Lrp,
Around 3 years at room temperature...
Tom
Around 3 years at room temperature...
Tom
SilverFox
Flashaholic
Hello Eugene,
With a 15% per year self discharge rate, after 3 years the cells will be down to around 61%. That seemed like a good time to top things off to me.
Tom
With a 15% per year self discharge rate, after 3 years the cells will be down to around 61%. That seemed like a good time to top things off to me.
Tom
Thanks Tom! The more I use these cells the more I like them. I had previously used Sanyo 2500 in my toothbrush and after three days had to replace them with newly charged cells. With the Eneloop I can go 10 tens without charging, maybe longer!
wptski
Flashlight Enthusiast
Some users are having problems with very high self discharge rates on some high capacity cells but the solution isn't to use eneloops which cost a lot more. You may be better off using a lower capacity standard Ni-MH and save your eneloops for something that sits for long periods of time with no use. Save them for that special application like emergency lighting! My $0.02.
They don't really cost any more and some of my gear could sit for a while or it could be used often. I like to standardize as much as I can, buy a bunch of the same item rather than keep track of different ones that may operate slightly different. So it makes sense to kind of stick with one. Thinks like my radios that may sit for a few months then get used a lot I don't want to have to worry about the self discharge. Besides even when comparing 2000mAH traditional NiMH cells I would have to top them off every month or they would be getting low, with the eneloop I get the same capacity but can wait and top them off at 6 months or more.
65535
Flashlight Enthusiast
Get lithiums Problem solved.
Problem solved.I actually did switch to lithiums for our digicam for a while but the Eneloops are taking over 400 pictures compared to the lithiums 500 or so and we went through a couple of the big packs of Lithiums from Sams club (12 for $20) so we were using a lot. I like the idea of rechargeables, even bought a few of the Renewal batteries in the 90's. The Eneloops have basically fixed the only problem I had with rechargeable batteries that was preventing me from using them. I just bought 28 of them (seven of the 4 packs) for my electronic gear and haven't even started on flashlights yet
I mean they cost the same, I actually paid less for all my eneloop packs than the last set of plain NiMH ($11.99 for a 4 pack of 2500mAH NiMH vs $9.99 and $7.99 for the Eneloops). So it seems silly not not use them.
I mean they cost the same, I actually paid less for all my eneloop packs than the last set of plain NiMH ($11.99 for a 4 pack of 2500mAH NiMH vs $9.99 and $7.99 for the Eneloops). So it seems silly not not use them.
bill_n_opus
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wptski said:
Prices have really dropped ... fast. I'm the process of replacing my NiMh with Eneloops ... but I actually enjoy topping off my NiMh batteries ... strange CPF behavior.
I forgot to mention that I have had issues with lower self discharge NiMH's as well, everything down to 1600mAH has all self discharged too fast for my liking. The eneloops are the way it should be, with them there isn't much point in buying non-rechargeable or traditional NiMh anymore.
I just bought a couple $6.99 packs of AAA's for my Arc AAA and HP48SX.
I just bought a couple $6.99 packs of AAA's for my Arc AAA and HP48SX.
Quantumstate
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Where are you guys finding Eneloops so cheap?
Lowest I've found is $2/per ea at hhgregg.
Lowest I've found is $2/per ea at hhgregg.
