Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/14

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Subject: [Leica] help me electrocute myself and destroy my new camera!
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Fri Dec 14 10:09:55 2007
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Batteries Plus also Citizen's Photo 503 232 8501 x 6 has had a new 
boxed MH16 D1 charger gathering dust for 6 years bet they would make a 
deal
On Dec 14, 2007, at 10:07 AM, Brian Reid wrote:

> I wouldn't do it. Nickel Metal Hydride battery chargers are more than 
> just power supplies. They adjust (and sometimes pulse) the charging 
> voltage based on what they see happening with the electricity that 
> they are sending in. The charger makes assumptions about the nature of 
> the battery into which it is pumping electricity.
>
> One replacement battery is more expensive than a charger.
>
> I'd phone up one of the discount battery companies and ask them about 
> discount chargers. There's some complexity in the Nikon MH-16 charger 
> that I don't fully understand, but the discount battery companies make 
> it their business to know this sort of thing.
>
>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] help me electrocute myself and destroy my new camera!)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] help me electrocute myself and destroy my new camera!)