[TriLUG] Ot: getting replacement batteries for old laptops

[Tanner Lovelace]

On 6/24/05, Pat Regan <thehead at patshead.com> wrote:
> James Brigman wrote:
> > Aaron, you are correct: charge rates for NiMH differ from NiCD's, the
> > NiMH are more sensitive to heat, so the charge rates are typically
> > slower than for the NiCD's: no such thing as a fast charge for NiMH.
> >
> 
> I am not sure if that is completely true.  A friend of mine has a little
> wall-wart AA/AAA NiMH 15 minute charger that seems to work well.  Much
> faster than my big, clunky 3 hour charger :)

I've used the 15 minute rechargable AAs for almost a year now and I
can testify that they work *extremely* well.  I believe the secret in
getting them to charge so quickly is that the charger itself has a built-in
fan that is used to keep the batteries from getting too hot and it's an
extremely smart charger. It's also possible the batteries themselves 
have other circuitry in them to help with this too, I don't know. 
Whatever the case, they work great and they're decent batteries 
too (2000 mili-amp-hours).

They can be found as either Rayovac or Radio Shack brand and they're
called IC3 (one of those letters is a super or subscript).  I *highly*
recommend them.  After using them, you'll never want to go back
to a 3 hour charger.

Chers,
Tanner

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