Anyone use aa battery pack

[petew]

My battery only lasts about 3 hours,and might get some aa batteries for the battery pack for the SE pro,how long do they last?

 

[dasvinni]

R&B innovations sell a pack .in my Safari lasted 32 Hours. And only takes an hour and a half to charge

 

[petew]

Yeah
I saw that,but it's almost 200,close to it anyway.

 

[dasvinni]

paid $138

 

[Coin Rescue Inc]

I get 2 to 3 hunts out of alkaline AA.
I also have 8 AA rechargable batteries so I alternate with all rechargables. I also carry 8 alkaline Batts for emergency in my back pack along with a 9 volt for the pinpoint.

 

[Chris(SoCenWI)]

There are several makers of low discharge NiMH batteries. The original battery pack didn't use these and will run down even when not being used, mine got to the point of only giving me a couple three hours of run time.

These cell cost around $2 a piece, so times 8 plus what an alkaline battery holder for the explorer costs. These hold a charge well over a year with out losing much power. I can usually get three or four long detecting sessions before recharge; they probably don't last as long as the Lithium ion cells cost only a fraction of the lithium.

Chris

 

[Hollywood]

On the EX2, I gout 8 to 12 hours on a set of alkaline batteries. Have not tried alkaline on my SE. (Got the RB battery).

Hollywood

 

[Chris(SoCenWI)]

n/t

 

[cookie58]

What about the Rnb 3100. Does this help the Eplorer XS with the additional voltage?

 

[jctorok]

Hello
I use an RNB 3100 in an SE Pro with no issues. Lasted over 35 hours on the first charge. Occasionally someone is over stocked. Found mine for $99 and $8 shipping.

If you hunt more than average you will make up the cost in a year or less.

Good luck.

 

[IDXMonster]

Voltage is regulated,short of hooking a car battery to it there won't be any difference in performance,just a difference in how long it will run on a charge. And the car battery thing....don't.

 

[JAN1]

As the battery pack on my SE Pro has now given up the ghost I am now using 2500 mAh AA's which come on offer in a local supermarket for about $6*4 so they are very cheap.
I have now been using them on and off for about 2 years and they must have been charged over a hundred times.
Because of the tides I only get about 4-5 hours detecting before I have to pack in. I find that they don't run out of power in that time and I always put them on charge when returning home.

 

[matthias]

RNB Please go with RNB! Awesome!

 

[The Magician]

You should only use the AA battery pack. Don't need to complicate things, use slow discharge rechargeables, that's it. Been using mine (Eneloop) for over 6 years.

 

[Nuke em]

RNB 3100 for me , the amount I have had with either the ET or Explorer it has paid for itself dozens of times over.