How will I know when to switch batteries?

[proud indian]

At the end of the day,Quickie owners HAVE to buy rechargeable's....   if you change them every 75 hours and they have a 1000 cycles , then you are ok for 75000 hours !!!!!!! may have to worry more about the tubes than the battery's, and in case this is too much to handle, then the option is for a regular 110/220 pre. So the battery will drain and if you are running in on regular Duracell ( like it is shown in the pics on the site) then you will soon find that it is a rather expensive pre to maintain.

Sorry for the rant, but I think this battery thing is being beaten to death.

shreekant

[denti alligator]

OK, then, so can I get some recommendations for good rechargeable 9V and D s? Please. I have never used rechargeables, so I don't know what to avoid.

[Paul Birkeland]

I am seeing a price of $0.45 for 9-volt batteries if you buy 20 at a time, and about $1.50 for a D-cell if you buy 10-12 at a time.

That's just under $5.00 for 100 hours of listening time, or about 5 cents per hour...

The key to the Quickie is buying a batch of batteries online and not running to the grocery store or hardware store to get them.

[galyons]

The key to the Quickie is buying a batch of batteries online and not running to the grocery store or hardware store to get them.

But the option to run to the grocery store or hardware store to get batteries, in an "emergency" music outage, is wonderful!!!!

Cheers,
Geary   

[earwaxxer]

Many good points here... Alkaline batteries these days are cheap. There is no reason to panic about buying throw away batteries, especially if you buy them in bulk as stated many time before.

For those of us who have been conditioned from birth to abhor using throw away batteries, I feel rechargeables help us to sleep at night. There is also a certain satisfaction from reusing a battery. That has to be taken into account. There are probably hundreds of different approaches to replacing the 9v and 'D' cells with rechargeables.  You can go with rechargeable 'packs' or drop in rechargeable replacements for the said stock battery. I prefer packs, it allows more flexability (obsess-ability?) I just juiced my 30v 3300mah NMH pack, and it took about 10min to charge. My 'AA' rechargeables that I use for the heaters take much longer, but I have 2 sets. If I could, I would like my whole system to run off of batteries!

[denti alligator]

OK, I will continue to buy bulk online. Since September I've switched them out three times (last time just this week), so that's 2+ months per set. I can live with that. At least until I can afford the BeePre.

[Grainger49]

Since you have forced me into additional therapy sessions, I am tempted to send the additional charges your way......if a doctor can't cure you is it ok to reverse the charges?

You should check with Dr. Tubes (Toobz?) here on the forum.  He may give a Bottlehead discount.  (Discount Therapy?  Doesn't sound good.)

[4krow]

Thanks Paul, I have learned more here than I thought I knew about batteries. I hold high the basic knowledge that seems to be overlooked in some discussions. It is THAT, that will always hold my greatest interest. When the word 'is' needs to be defined, that's when I drop out.

[earwaxxer]

and THAT, my friend, is the truth!