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Thread ID: 88593 2008-04-01 22:29:00 NiMH Battery Charger B.M. (505) PC World Chat
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655106 2008-04-03 19:26:00 Thanks for that GF. :thumbs:

However, I'm having trouble sourcing genuine Sanyo's.

Can anyone advise on the Camilion brand which I've seen claimed a Sanyo's re-branded?

Also, what price should we be looking at per cell?

$5 each at Dick Smiths:
www.dse.co.nz

Energizers are $7 each and DSE brand is a bit less than $5.

Enloops may not have the same capacity (2500 mAh) - I am not sure - but remember that regular NiMh batteries will lose capacity significantly after a week or so, especially if they are old.
Strommer (42)
655107 2008-04-03 19:35:00 I have recently purchased 2 Camelion packs that are an extreme disappointment in their advertised application (model R/C car) They are incapable of taking a full charge at anything above the .2 C rate. Their discharge capabilities are also very limited, 4 Amps is stretching the friendship, causing overheating and voltage drop on discharge. The individual cells are ill matched, and even the best are low quality.
This is not a brand I will ever try again.
(If they are re-badged Sanyo cells, they must be very old ones indeed.)
R2x1 (4628)
655108 2008-04-03 20:16:00 I learned about Enloops last year here on PF1, probably from Godfather.
At the same time he did say Trickies were good,he may have to go!
Cicero (40)
655109 2008-04-03 20:25:00 Whoops. The Camelion brand batteries I bought were Ni - Cd, not Ni - Mh. However, it is still not a brand I will try again. Nice packaging, crap product. R2x1 (4628)
655110 2008-04-04 01:13:00 Can anyone advise on the Camilion brand which I've seen claimed a Sanyo's re-branded?
Dunno if they're re-branded. But I've purchased two sets of Camelion 2700 Ni-MH's for two cameras and been very happy with them.
Greg (193)
655111 2008-04-05 04:35:00 I purchased a DSE NiMH charger and batteries from Mr DSE and like you, was rather alarmed to touch them and nearly burnt myself. I went back to see Mr DSE and he said that was "normal". I've gone through about 3 cycles so far and other than getting hot, they are fine. I think I will steal the fan idea (I have enough 12V fans here!!) dolby digital (5073)
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