Hello there,
Recently i had acquired a set of four Power Genix nickel zinc AA cells that came with a charger. The cells are very different from the typical NiMH cells, mostly because the characteristic cell voltage is higher at 1.6v as compared to the NiMH which is 1.2v. This is exactly what i was looking for as some devices still like a higher voltage that normally only comes with a regular alkaline cell.
So far i havent tested them yet but i intend to soon. I was wondering if anyone else has used these kinds of cells yet and if so what results they got.
The strange thing that hit me right off was that the charger is advertised as a 1 hour charger yet for full charge it will take 4 hours. The other thing was that the charger will do four AA cells at one time, but will only do two AAA cells at one time (i dont have any AAA cells yet though, but might want some in the future).
The nice thing of course is that the cells exhibit a 1.6v cell characteristic but then again i dont know what the entire discharge profile is so i cant really say yet if the cells stays higher or dies down quickly...that will have to be tested. I also dont have any idea what the self discharge is for these kinds of cells. I normally go with NiMH like Eneloop or equivalent these days because that suites my applications best, but i have no long term data on these cells yet.
Any experiences or comments anyone would care to share would be appreciated.
I bought the package from Amazon for about 20 dollars US. I didnt think that was too bad but i just hope they really work as good as they seem to say they do.
Thanks...
Recently i had acquired a set of four Power Genix nickel zinc AA cells that came with a charger. The cells are very different from the typical NiMH cells, mostly because the characteristic cell voltage is higher at 1.6v as compared to the NiMH which is 1.2v. This is exactly what i was looking for as some devices still like a higher voltage that normally only comes with a regular alkaline cell.
So far i havent tested them yet but i intend to soon. I was wondering if anyone else has used these kinds of cells yet and if so what results they got.
The strange thing that hit me right off was that the charger is advertised as a 1 hour charger yet for full charge it will take 4 hours. The other thing was that the charger will do four AA cells at one time, but will only do two AAA cells at one time (i dont have any AAA cells yet though, but might want some in the future).
The nice thing of course is that the cells exhibit a 1.6v cell characteristic but then again i dont know what the entire discharge profile is so i cant really say yet if the cells stays higher or dies down quickly...that will have to be tested. I also dont have any idea what the self discharge is for these kinds of cells. I normally go with NiMH like Eneloop or equivalent these days because that suites my applications best, but i have no long term data on these cells yet.
Any experiences or comments anyone would care to share would be appreciated.
I bought the package from Amazon for about 20 dollars US. I didnt think that was too bad but i just hope they really work as good as they seem to say they do.
Thanks...
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