How often do you charge your batteries?

kfeng · 18th April 2004

Hi,

i'm sure the people in CS have lots of batteries for their DSLRs, video camcorders, nimh AA batteries for flash / digicam, etc etc...

How do you people keep up with charging all of your batteries?

Of course for those devices that are used daily, you charge them daily. E.g. Handphone... But what about for those devices that you use only once a while? How often would you remember to charge them?

Especially for those nimh batteries, you could have so many sets of 4. How to ensure all/most your batteries are charged?

nickmak · 18th April 2004

ummm... well... like the manual said... once u finish charging them and if u dun use them for long time, leave te batteries out... that way minimum loss of power... it works... at least for me i guess...

OzOn3 · 18th April 2004

Eh, my batteries die off within a week.. i think it's the ions in the air around my place..

nickmak · 18th April 2004

i guess better put in dry cabinet or something... dunno y leh... but probably because bkk air dryer than s'pore so maybe might affect... dunno... well, kfeng, i can probably say that when the battery is out of juice just charge it... that's the prob with dslr...

mpenza · 18th April 2004

I'll do a fresh charge when I need them. ALso, I generally keep batteries in cases.

OzOn3 · 18th April 2004

is it better to keep their ends in contact with some metal or is it better to leave them ions stagnent? i forgot my physics..

nickmak · 18th April 2004

btw, do u think its because of humidity? my batteries seem to run for lesser time on full charge when on normal use in s'pore than in thailand...

OzOn3 · 18th April 2004

i have a feeling it's humidity.. because humidity means high level of water droplets in the air.. meaning ions will be more susceptible to being "carried away" ? I can't rem my physics.. dang.. should have been more serious with my studies.. hahahaha

nickmak · 18th April 2004

haha... well... i do think so too... can't explain it either... well... maybe if we just keep snapping and let the battery lose its juice it wouldn't really be a waste of electricity bills... would it?

fuzzyduck · 19th April 2004

i got a set that's being used an a set that's emptied and put in the charger.

after i've used the freshly charged set for a few days i'll start to charge the set in the charger. if the current set still holds, i'll bring the charged set around as backup once the current one empties if i'm out.

that way ie i'll be on a fresh set or partially used set + freshly charged set in reserve.

once the partially used set empties. restart the cycle

18th April 2004	#1
kfeng Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Inside the world of tech Posts: 100	How often do you charge your batteries? Hi, i'm sure the people in CS have lots of batteries for their DSLRs, video camcorders, nimh AA batteries for flash / digicam, etc etc... How do you people keep up with charging all of your batteries? Of course for those devices that are used daily, you charge them daily. E.g. Handphone... But what about for those devices that you use only once a while? How often would you remember to charge them? Especially for those nimh batteries, you could have so many sets of 4. How to ensure all/most your batteries are charged?

18th April 2004	#2
nickmak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,366	ummm... well... like the manual said... once u finish charging them and if u dun use them for long time, leave te batteries out... that way minimum loss of power... it works... at least for me i guess... __________________ *The equipment can only bring you so far - the rest of the photographic journey is done by you.*

18th April 2004	#4
nickmak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,366	i guess better put in dry cabinet or something... dunno y leh... but probably because bkk air dryer than s'pore so maybe might affect... dunno... well, kfeng, i can probably say that when the battery is out of juice just charge it... that's the prob with dslr... __________________ *The equipment can only bring you so far - the rest of the photographic journey is done by you.*

18th April 2004	#7
nickmak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,366	btw, do u think its because of humidity? my batteries seem to run for lesser time on full charge when on normal use in s'pore than in thailand... __________________ *The equipment can only bring you so far - the rest of the photographic journey is done by you.*

18th April 2004	#9
nickmak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,366	haha... well... i do think so too... can't explain it either... well... maybe if we just keep snapping and let the battery lose its juice it wouldn't really be a waste of electricity bills... would it? __________________ *The equipment can only bring you so far - the rest of the photographic journey is done by you.*

18th April 2004	#3
OzOn3 Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,103	Eh, my batteries die off within a week.. i think it's the ions in the air around my place..

18th April 2004	#5
mpenza Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,397	I'll do a fresh charge when I need them. ALso, I generally keep batteries in cases.

19th April 2004	#10
fuzzyduck New Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 29	i got a set that's being used an a set that's emptied and put in the charger. after i've used the freshly charged set for a few days i'll start to charge the set in the charger. if the current set still holds, i'll bring the charged set around as backup once the current one empties if i'm out. that way ie i'll be on a fresh set or partially used set + freshly charged set in reserve. once the partially used set empties. restart the cycle