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Originally Posted by elhigh
The shallower the discharge, the better the batteries will fare. I had two sets of NiMH AA batteries that I would switch into my Walkman (remember those?) at lunchtime to keep the discharge cycles reasonable. Those two pair of batteries went two whole years, 500 charge/discharge cycles. Then my job changed and I got a Sansa Fuze.
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I'm using some solder-tab NiMH AA cells (2,000 mAh?) in my Norelco razor.
It's very old and the ni-cads died a couple years ago.
So, I'm trying the shallow discharge thing with these. So far, so good.
The Prius C uses NiMH, and I wish my wife could do a little shallow discharge too.
The other week, she forgot to turn it off (in park) overnight.
I don't think it ran the IC engine (no smell in the garage),
but the pack indicator was at one bar when I wanted to go to the movies.
You know, that's one more good reason for having a detached garage.
I'm now charging everything up every 2 weeks now. (PC reminder app).
My LG 840G (Tracfone) is only turned on when I'm out somewhere,
so every 14 days should work for it. My Kindle Fire is only on when
I'm reading an eBook, which is really low usage..
The story I'm reading now is boring, thus easy on the battery..
I've been thinking of getting one of those Moultrie M-880 8MP Game Cameras.
Want to get some wildlife pics and maybe use for security cam too.
But, it uses eight AA cells! However, it does have a 12V aux input!
So, I could run it off the solar reading lamp rig. (big car battery)..
Maybe even get it to run an Eye-Fi SD card too..
