I detect often, so all my units use rechargeables. I save so much $$$ using them. I just can't imagine going to Costco often to buy alkaline batteries, then just throwing them in the garbage. What are your thoughts?
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Just Curious....How Many Here Use Rechargeable Batteries In Their Metal Detectors? :shrug:
- Thread starter John-Edmonton
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Sneakyweasel
New member
I use Amazon branded Eneloops.
tomcatchevy
New member
I use Duracell NiMH rechargeable 2000mAh. Never had a problem with them and with my rapid charger for them it's half an hour to charge 4. I haven't timed it out to see how long they last but it's got to be at least 12-14 hours to get down to 75% and then I recharge or load my extra set in.
Plug popper
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Hi John. I bought the Tenergy 16 bay smart charger and battery's AA. I have no complaints at all. As you know I have a Garrett gti 2500 and the Tenergy 2500Ah hold up well. blessing.
WaterWalker
Well-known member
Count me in on the rechargeable batteries. The one thing I do is record the hours they were in use. At a given number hours depending on the detector they are in, I recharge them.
I have 11 detectors. The special use ones, the ones that may be used only once or twice a year, for a special hunt, I use a fresh Alkaline battery mainly the 9VDC type. All my AA batteries are rechargeable. I do carry a set of 8 Alkaline batteries in the car, just in case. The last time I had to use them was back in 2003. I had left the detector on over night, you got it, the rechargeable batteries were dead, so I popped in the Alkaline and off I went. The reason I do not rely on an indicator is that only two of my detectors have a meter, two only have a tone and when you hear it...5 later minutes the detector goes dead. The ATX has both tone and a LED blinks, but their death is another 45 minutes away.
Some say that rechargeable at 1.2VDC are not as good as the Alkaline 1.5 voltage. The advantage only last for a short while until the Alkaline battery's voltage drops faster and in a short time will be less than the rechargeable being used under the same conditions. Detectors have a voltage regulator that drops the battery's voltage to the potential needed for the computer's electronic circuitry, which negates the voltage "advantage" of the Alkaline battery. That being said, Alkaline will typically power a detector longer than the rechargeable, do not require the "maintenance" commitment, and cost more in the long run. Pros and Cons for every choice is up to the individual to make his/her own decision.
Minlab's Excalibur comes with a battery pack containing 10 rechargeable N-cells hence 12 volt pack. The optional Alkaline pod only holds 8 AA-cells at 1.5 volts each which also yields a 12 volt pack.
Bad things happen when I tried to use a rechargeable 9VDC batter. I traced the reason to the fact that a 9 volt Alkaline battery is made of 6 cells of 1.5 volts each. When you put 6 rechargeable cells in the same physical space you have a 7.2 power source to begin with that "died" in a short time.
A cell is one energy producing item. Such as the AAA, AA, C and D are all cells.
A battery is a energy producing item made of more than one cell.
The 9 volt rectangular is a battery made usually has 6 cells. Most car batteries are also made of 6 cells.
Without good juice, a detector can not produce!
Follow the manufacturer's recommendations but always use high quality batteries and, if rechargeable, the correct charger.
If the deal, especially on rechargeable cells, is too good to be true it probably is. Be safe and be happy!
I have 11 detectors. The special use ones, the ones that may be used only once or twice a year, for a special hunt, I use a fresh Alkaline battery mainly the 9VDC type. All my AA batteries are rechargeable. I do carry a set of 8 Alkaline batteries in the car, just in case. The last time I had to use them was back in 2003. I had left the detector on over night, you got it, the rechargeable batteries were dead, so I popped in the Alkaline and off I went. The reason I do not rely on an indicator is that only two of my detectors have a meter, two only have a tone and when you hear it...5 later minutes the detector goes dead. The ATX has both tone and a LED blinks, but their death is another 45 minutes away.
Some say that rechargeable at 1.2VDC are not as good as the Alkaline 1.5 voltage. The advantage only last for a short while until the Alkaline battery's voltage drops faster and in a short time will be less than the rechargeable being used under the same conditions. Detectors have a voltage regulator that drops the battery's voltage to the potential needed for the computer's electronic circuitry, which negates the voltage "advantage" of the Alkaline battery. That being said, Alkaline will typically power a detector longer than the rechargeable, do not require the "maintenance" commitment, and cost more in the long run. Pros and Cons for every choice is up to the individual to make his/her own decision.
Minlab's Excalibur comes with a battery pack containing 10 rechargeable N-cells hence 12 volt pack. The optional Alkaline pod only holds 8 AA-cells at 1.5 volts each which also yields a 12 volt pack.
Bad things happen when I tried to use a rechargeable 9VDC batter. I traced the reason to the fact that a 9 volt Alkaline battery is made of 6 cells of 1.5 volts each. When you put 6 rechargeable cells in the same physical space you have a 7.2 power source to begin with that "died" in a short time.
A cell is one energy producing item. Such as the AAA, AA, C and D are all cells.
A battery is a energy producing item made of more than one cell.
The 9 volt rectangular is a battery made usually has 6 cells. Most car batteries are also made of 6 cells.
Without good juice, a detector can not produce!
Follow the manufacturer's recommendations but always use high quality batteries and, if rechargeable, the correct charger.
If the deal, especially on rechargeable cells, is too good to be true it probably is. Be safe and be happy!
Leslie(nova scotia)
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woody
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Never tried them but I have some . Need to get off my duff and do some comparisons.
JAN1
Active member
Hi!
I use rechargable in all my detectors as I know that if I give them a quick charge before I go out I know that they will last for the session. When returning from a trip they go straight into the charger.
On good tides and weather conditions I could be out 4-5 days in a week so would cost a fortune in batteries also lots of batteries to go to the recycle plant.
The batteries I use are 2300mAh from a discount supermarket chain over here called Lidl, the AA's cost £3 for four about $4.50 and the 9v are the same price for one. All the batteries have been charged 2-3 hundred times each and over the years have only had a couple go faulty. I also use their charger which takes 6AA's and 2 9v at a time.
The only thing is that I would not use rechargables in my two probes A Vibra 580 and a Garrett as the batteries last so long it is not worth the trouble of keep changing them.
I use rechargable in all my detectors as I know that if I give them a quick charge before I go out I know that they will last for the session. When returning from a trip they go straight into the charger.
On good tides and weather conditions I could be out 4-5 days in a week so would cost a fortune in batteries also lots of batteries to go to the recycle plant.
The batteries I use are 2300mAh from a discount supermarket chain over here called Lidl, the AA's cost £3 for four about $4.50 and the 9v are the same price for one. All the batteries have been charged 2-3 hundred times each and over the years have only had a couple go faulty. I also use their charger which takes 6AA's and 2 9v at a time.
The only thing is that I would not use rechargables in my two probes A Vibra 580 and a Garrett as the batteries last so long it is not worth the trouble of keep changing them.
fbadam54@hotmail.com
New member
Hey PlugPopper, why don't you send me the pinpointer I paid for. I have contacted you multiple times with no response. You also conned another guy on a T2
DigDeepNow
Member
Eneloops.
riveraiders60
New member
I use Energizer, run em till they are dead, recharge. Have had them three years, still good.