Re: Battery question.

"Borgholio" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> eddie wrote:
>> Borgholio wrote:
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>>> I've been using my Ansmann Energy 8 charger for awhile and it's working 
>>> great.  I'm stocking up on new rechargable batteries for emergencies, 
>>> but I have a question.  I know that battery capacity is increasing 
>>> constantly.  AA NiMH batteries have upwards of 2500mah capacity...maybe 
>>> more.  When I look at a D-cell NiMH, it has almost the same capacity as 
>>> a AA does.  What's the point of a bigger battery if it has the same 
>>> capacity?  Shouldn't a D-cell have about 4x more juice in it?
>>
>> I had some "C" cells a while ago that were NiCd with the same problem - 
>> it turns out that the "C" cell simply contained a single NiCd cell in a 
>> larger container. Yes, it "replaced" a "C" cell, but I thought it was 
>> false advertising or worse. You may have a similar situation.
>
> The answer I got from Energizer is that the public isn't very interested 
> in C and D cell batteries...they mainly want AA and AAA.  Thus, most of 
> the R&D is going into AA and AAA.  I'll call Raovac and see if they give 
> me the same answer.

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If you are looking for a LARGE capacity D cell, try the industrial size - 
these weigh ONE-QUARTER OF A POUND each.

I had ten of these suckers in series and when I accidentally shorted them 
the current burned the insulation off of the wire that did it - these are 
upward of one amp capacity for a long time.

You may have to do a little searching to find these but they are the kind 
that are used in the hazardous vapor 'sniffers' that the haz mat people use. 
(That unit uses six *matched* batteries (if one battery goes bad, replace 
all of them.)

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