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Article #28Re: Rechargable batteries and information
From: David Woolley
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:33
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:33
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Ian Jackson wrote: > Are 'modern' DAB radios designed to work with the lower voltage you get > from NiMH (1.2V compared with 1.5V for non-rechargeable)? I've not tried > it lately, but I recall that my DAB radio (my ONLY DAB radio) doesn't > last long on rechargeables - maybe only an hour or two. After that, it > will keep going for some time on FM. That's going to be expensive on non-rechargeables! The end point voltage for alkalines is about 0.9 volts, and they spend quite a lot of their life below 1.2.
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