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Bottlehead Kits => Legacy Kit Products => Quickie => Topic started by: cpaul on October 09, 2016, 12:31:03 PM

Title: Lithium ion 9v in Quickie?
Post by: cpaul on October 09, 2016, 12:31:03 PM

Anyone using lithium 9v in Quickie?  They tend to be much higher in mAH rating so seem like a good alternative to NiMH and NiCD.  Easy enough to get 8.4v versions which should be just peachy.

Title: Re: Lithium ion 9v in Quickie?
Post by: Karl5150 on October 13, 2016, 03:10:15 AM

Further info/ correction from the other rechargeable post: My D cells are NiMH, they didn't last nearly as long as the alkaline set, but I have a second pair that didn't lose much juice sitting on the shelf. The 9Vs are Lithium, they were installed late in August and still show 31+V.

Title: Re: Lithium ion 9v in Quickie?
Post by: Paul Joppa on October 13, 2016, 05:43:58 AM

Quote from: Karl5150 on October 13, 2016, 03:10:15 AM

Further info/ correction from the other rechargeable post: My D cells are NiMH, they didn't last nearly as long as the alkaline set, but I have a second pair that didn't lose much juice sitting on the shelf. The 9Vs are Lithium, they were installed late in August and still show 31+V.

I'll just note that a great many rechargeable "D cells" are actually a smaller cell in a larger can. The real-deal cells are often more than twice as costly but have much greater longevity.

Title: Re: Lithium ion 9v in Quickie?
Post by: mcandmar on October 13, 2016, 06:48:41 AM

With most of those rechargable batteries the best way to measure them is by weight as the mAh rating is usually BS to put it bluntly.