Battery Sale!

[KMokc]

I found my rechargeable's at All-Battery.com. The brand is Tenergy for both D cell and 9v. I have the Premium in both D(8.49ea) and 9v 200mAh (4pack $14.99) which are white body blue lettering.

I also have the light/dark blue set D cell (8.49 ea), and the 9v 250mAh (4Pack 16.75). They shipped them fast and they have worked great in my Quickie. Still in awe over the sound from a bone stock Quickie.

Hope this helps?

Kevin

[Mike B]

After some research I have found that 24 AA batteries cost about the same as 4 nine volts and have about 4X the capacity. 

Sweet.

[mortron]

I can't recall how long ago I installed my 24xAA packs but I know I'm on my second set of D cels and my packs read a total of 34.2v... cheap as chips to power and I still have another 24 cells.

[Mike B]

Picked these up at the hardware store today.  10 bucks each.  48 AA & 9 D.

(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2867%2F11575765105_5bc159f259_o.jpg&hash=573181a527688d95865044b2ce4e161025114ede)

In sexy little wood crates too!

[aragorn723]

I can't recall how long ago I installed my 24xAA packs but I know I'm on my second set of D cels and my packs read a total of 34.2v... cheap as chips to power and I still have another 24 cells.

How do you hook that up to the Quickie?

[Mike B]

(24) AA 1.5 volt batteries in series is 36 volts just like (4) 9 volt batteries in series.

[aragorn723]

Right, I understand the voltage, do you use a bunch of battery holders?? (is it a separate chassis?)

[Mike B]

I bought (3) eight cell holders.  They get wired in series just like the 9 volts.  Since they ought to last a year I'm going to put them inside the box and leave the D cells outside for easy access.

[charger]

I feed the Q with three of this

http://www.battery-direct.it/Batteria-EP7-12.html

12 volt acid lead battery linked together to form 36 volts

[aragorn723]

Thats cool, looks like there's a lot of options for the 9 volts, how about the d-batteries?  (since they last the shortest).  Maybe 2 d cells in series for each filament?

[Mike B]

That's a good idea.  Power both ends and not the middle.  2 batteries with half the current draw.  Should last 4 times as long.

Gonna get me 2 more D cell holders -

Brain fart.  Half the current but through both batteries.  Just twice the life.  Zero sum gain.

Not nearly as good as the 24 AA thing, same cash for 4X the life.

Ooupps.

[aragorn723]

Sounds right to me, that would increase the capacity by double and would mean less trips to the store   I thought about AAs- the info i found said 8000 mAh for D batteries and AAs have a capacity of 900 mAh.. Which would mean you need 9 of them to have the same capacity as the D battery, and 18 to double the capacity... per side!  (So 36 batteries total for the D's LOL).  I'm picturing one of those James Bond suitcases where the guy opens it up and there's a whole bunch of wires hanging out    If the price was right, it might be worth it!

[Mike B]

The AA's are a good sub for the 9 volts, no match for the D's.

[charger]

D battery shall change under which volt value?

[aragorn723]

D battery shall change under which volt value?

Around 1 volt the d cells stop working.