In Part 3, we take a look at the heart of effective recharging. Equally important as the correct rechargeable battery is a proper battery charger. You ought not risk ruin great batteries with a bad charger. Let us take a look at the battery charger options.
First, determine if you would like to work with a universal, high capacity centralized charging unit or several portable units or both. Most avid users of rechargeable batteries wind up employing a mixture of both.
Suppose your facility is a church with 12 AA wireless microphones, four 9V in-ear monitors, 5 listening assistance devices which use AA’s, and 10 LED lamps involving triple A’s's. Obviously, this application will be needing several high-capacity chargers that can charge multiple types of cells.
Perhaps you are a family of four with a new baby. You might need a charger that will handle AA’s for that digital camera and baby monitor, C batteries for your baby swing, triple A’s's for your dad’s TV remote and wireless headphones, and a collection of C’ and D’s for your gadgets. It might be preferable to choose a universal charger too, but you may want a smaller portable charger as well for on-the-go charging.
A professional photographer might prefer an incredibly fast AA charger for flash units, but nevertheless need portability for on-location. Ansmann offers quality battery chargers for every application.
In the event you still have that “device list” I asked you to create, now’s the optimum time to add all of the rechargeable batteries up and figure what charger(s) is/are best for you. Online, locate a list of battery chargers, divided to into specific battery sizes as well as Combo chargers. Depending on how many batteries you need to charge, you can easliy charge as low as two batteries and as many as 16 using a single charging unit.
Next, make sure the charger is “intelligent” and automatically switches to “trickle” charge once the batteries are completely charged. It will maintain the batteries in a topped-off condition and prevents over-charging which shortens battery life and recycles. * The charger should not overheat the batteries. Many chargers available today that are dubbed as “fast chargers” overheat the batteries and shorten their life. Ansmann chargers, even the super-speed chargers all have over-heat protection to make certain batteries stay at an optimal temperature while charging.
For best results, select a battery charger which offers refreshing or reconditioning of the cells. Ansmann Energy 8 plus and Energy 16 chargers both feature an automated refresh cycle which ensures you keep the battery chemistry at optimal balance. This assures long run-times and better recycles then with chargers which do not provide this benefit . And, although Ansmann cells don’t have a memory effect, after a period of service all nickel metal hydride cells (NiMH) develop chemistry imbalances that need to be corrected for optimal battery life. The refresh function on the Energy 8+ and Energy 16 will keep your batteries supplying you with the best battery life.
Here’s a little recharging tip: Do not attempt to run the batteries completely dry. Most of us have been familiar with squeezing the most out our throw-away alkalines. You don’t have to make this happen using your Ansmann rechargeables. They don’t develop memory effect. Whether you employ the battery for 2 hours or 12, return it to your charger and get it ready for the next use.
Finally, consider extra batteries. As opposed to using a huge pile of throw-aways, reduce your extra batteries to a few spares or at most a second set. This is correct whether you make use of standard rechargeables, or LSD cells, or both. Always have a number of spares. Don’t you think far easier to have a few extra batteries just sitting on the charger instead of scrounging around for a random battery in the junk drawer? In order to save even more money, consider buying our batteries and chargers in pre-packaged kits. You receive special savings along with the assurance of getting the best batteries and chargers available.
