Would these batteries be a good choice for use in a bicycle LED blinking lights?
The application is low drain, alkaline batteries typically last me about a year, but I'm loathe to use disposable batteries in anything these days. I'm told that rechargeable alkalines don't exhibit the same self-discharge characteristics of other batteries like NiMH.
I would also like to put rechargeable alkalines to use in other low-drain apps, like remote controls. Interested to hear what people think of them.
Avoid rechargable Alkalines. They are bascially a gimick and a very poor choice for almost all applications. They are a crap technology, have reliability issues, and frequently can and do simply "die" for no apparent reason. This is the last thing you want for your bicycle lights I'm sure.
If you are getting 1 years use from a set of Alkalines then I'd say you are going great, and you should not be feeling guilty about replacing them once a year. You could perhaps even put the "dead" ones to use in very low power devices like a wall clock.
Perhaps you could even try D cells with a DC-DC converter to give you much high capacity than say AA's.
For infrequent use long life items you simply cannot beat non-rechargable alkalines, and the newer lithiums etc. Rechargable Alkalines for infrequenct use items would cost you a fortune compared to regular Alkaline.
every year is insignificant compared to the amount of power and waste a single person such as yourself uses every day.
If you want to talk environmental issues with batteries, I'm involved in a project which has the potential to use 20 *TONS* of Alkaline batteries for a single use! We try to push the customer towards a rechargable solution, but they want Alkalines. The amount of guilt I feel is incredible!
The application is low drain, alkaline batteries typically last me about a year, but I'm loathe to use disposable batteries in anything these days. I'm told that rechargeable alkalines don't exhibit the same self-discharge characteristics of other batteries like NiMH.
I would also like to put rechargeable alkalines to use in other low-drain apps, like remote controls. Interested to hear what people think of them.
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