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Old 10-31-05, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by allgoo19
You should try newer Nimh batteries. My 2300mah batteries last 3.5 hours (Cateye web site says 3 hours) and keeps the intensity untill the very end unlike Alkaline. And top of that, many newer chargers charge them in 1 hour or even in 30 minutes! (I forgot one of them says in 15 minutes.)
I did, the ones I have don't keep the state of charge as long as the lower capacity ones. I have some for a light and I tried them in my camera. I get more useful life out of the lower capacity radio shack ones.
I stopped using the high capacity ones after a few runs.

If I leave them for a day they are way too low. Also the fast chargers wear out the batteries faster, the faster they charge, the faster they wear out the batteries.
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