Originally Posted by
joe of loath
i just shove 8 AA's into my radio, and it works fine. the radio will display low battery at 1.1v ish anyway, so it's not a problem with ni-mh's. standard alkalines are a weird battery, the capactiy depends on the draw. a 10mah draw will mean the battery has a 3000mah capactiy, but a 500mah draw like on a radio will mean they drop to abut 1000mah. (or less. try putting some in a digital camera!)
if you're still concerned, just look at the price differential. 4 nimh AA's: £2 (value supermarkets ftw)
10 alkalines: £4
seeing the look on your freind's faces when you tell him you never buy batteries: priceless
Thanks for the info. I found some information that states the same thing you did - Alchys exhibit a capacity variation based upon current load.
Last year, besides going thru multiple gallons of fuel I also went thru 3 40 packs of AA batteries.
In the long run I think NiMh batts will be cheaper. I just don't want to melt a battery tray or have to be charging them constantly or having my radio beeping all the time.
Again, thanks for the info.