jansman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:08 pm
I replaced the blade on my bench saw. This is critical to my Winter preps: I am processing firewood like a squirrel on speed! I have an arrangement with a woodworking neighbour to take his oak/ beech waste,and it is very high volume! I make sure he gets a couple of decent steaks on a regular basis.
Also: without starting another thread, I need some new rechargeable AA and AAA batteries. Can anyone recommend brands?
Eneloops are vastly superior to all other brands in my experience. We use a LOT of rechargeables and nothing we've tried comes close for the time they hold charge or the amount of charge they hold.
Worth getting a decent USB charger too - I find Nitecore UM4 is the best value for a quality charger
jansman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:08 pm
I replaced the blade on my bench saw. This is critical to my Winter preps: I am processing firewood like a squirrel on speed! I have an arrangement with a woodworking neighbour to take his oak/ beech waste,and it is very high volume! I make sure he gets a couple of decent steaks on a regular basis.
Also: without starting another thread, I need some new rechargeable AA and AAA batteries. Can anyone recommend brands?
Eneloops are vastly superior to all other brands in my experience. We use a LOT of rechargeables and nothing we've tried comes close for the time they hold charge or the amount of charge they hold.
Worth getting a decent USB charger too - I find Nitecore UM4 is the best value for a quality charger
I have a pretty decent charger. It tells you if a battery is no good, and when they are charged. Is made by EBL, cost £8. You can charge odd numbers of batteries, one or three as well as the usual two and four. Is very light weight, so I keep a spare one in my long term bugout bag.
Frnc wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:45 am
I have a pretty decent charger. It tells you if a battery is no good, and when they are charged. Is made by EBL, cost £8. You can charge odd numbers of batteries, one or three as well as the usual two and four. Is very light weight, so I keep a spare one in my long term bugout bag.
That's a great price if it has battery health monitoring and a mode to restore over discharged IMR batteries ! I found the restoration mode of the Nitecore UM4 funded the purchase in a couple of months by rescuing apparently "dead" eneloops (that my previous cheap chargers couldn't do anything with)
Frnc wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:45 am
I have a pretty decent charger. It tells you if a battery is no good, and when they are charged. Is made by EBL, cost £8. You can charge odd numbers of batteries, one or three as well as the usual two and four. Is very light weight, so I keep a spare one in my long term bugout bag.
That's a great price if it has battery health monitoring and a mode to restore over discharged IMR batteries ! I found the restoration mode of the Nitecore UM4 funded the purchase in a couple of months by rescuing apparently "dead" eneloops (that my previous cheap chargers couldn't do anything with)
I don't know what "restore over discharged IMR batteries" means. All I know it it shows red for a faulty battery that needs chucking, flashing green for charging, and solid green for charged. 1 light per battery.
I picked up 2x 4 litres of paraffin today. That’s a price now! I use it for frost protection in our outside loo. I have more ,and this will add to the store.
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Frnc wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:33 pm
I don't know what "restore over discharged IMR batteries" means. All I know it it shows red for a faulty battery that needs chucking, flashing green for charging, and solid green for charged. 1 light per battery.
Okay, leaving aside the technicalities
Eneloops are Lithium Ion Manganese batteries - as are most of the quality rechargeables. These are IMR batteries. If you fully discharge these ( run them flat) most battery chargers cannot recharge them - they will show a fault like the red light on yours.
The better chargers like Nitecore have a mode that will bring those batteries back. Cheaper chargers don't so you have to throw the batteries away. A Nitecore or similar with those capabilities costs around £22 - the same as 8 eneloops. Mine has paid for itself several times over by bringing back over discharged eneloops.
Frnc wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:33 pm
I don't know what "restore over discharged IMR batteries" means. All I know it it shows red for a faulty battery that needs chucking, flashing green for charging, and solid green for charged. 1 light per battery.
Okay, leaving aside the technicalities
Eneloops are Lithium Ion Manganese batteries - as are most of the quality rechargeables. These are IMR batteries. If you fully discharge these ( run them flat) most battery chargers cannot recharge them - they will show a fault like the red light on yours.
The better chargers like Nitecore have a mode that will bring those batteries back. Cheaper chargers don't so you have to throw the batteries away. A Nitecore or similar with those capabilities costs around £22 - the same as 8 eneloops. Mine has paid for itself several times over by bringing back over discharged eneloops.
Useful info, cheers. Saved in it's very own Apple Note.
I didn't know either until a friendly "Jamie" explained it to me. I had thrown away at least a dozen eneloops as "faulty" before that. I've not thrown one away since!
jansman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 4:22 pm
I picked up 2x 4 litres of paraffin today. That’s a price now! I use it for frost protection in our outside loo. I have more ,and this will add to the store.
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