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Posted by Eeyore on September 25, 2007, 8:24 pm
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"R.H. Allen" wrote:
> Jim wrote:
> >
> >> -> I see them everywhere in the US on rechargeable tools. NiMH are
> >> sooooo superior, I have no idea why they still make NiCads..... Just
stoopid,
>
> >> I guess.
> >>
> >> I have a cordless phone that has a couple of rechargeable AA cells in
> >> the handpiece. The originals were NiCads. When they wore out, I
> >> replaced them with NiMHs, figuring they would last much longer. They
> >> didn't. Also, from time to time, the phone would make strange sounds,
> >> like a ticking clock. I figured it might be radio interference, but
> >> changing channels didn't help. Finally, the batteries quit, and I
> >> switched back to NiCads. The phone now works fine, and the clock has
> >> gone.
>
>
> > Must have been a voltage sensitive device. IIRC, NiCads will go 1.5V but
> > NiMH only 1.2....
> > I've had no probs at all so far; everything works beyond perfectly!
>
> As I understand it, a NiMH charger can universally be used to charge
> NiCd, but an NiCd charger only *might* be usable with NiMH. But then,
> I've also been told that NiCd-powered cordless phones are universally
> compatible with NiMH. I can't vouch for either statement, though, and
> David's experience makes me doubt the latter.
>
> For whatever that's worth....
I agree.
Graham
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