By George DeCamp on Saturday, February 5, 2000 - 1:35 pm: |
I recently purchased some rechargeable batteries (NiMH)for my camera strobe and wondered if I need an adaptor to plug the recharger in? It already uses an AC adaptor that uses an input of 120Volts and outputs 12V to the batteries. Anyone have a clue whether this will work? I'd hate to get there and find out I can't recharge my batteries and not have any...
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By michael gaynor on Sunday, February 6, 2000 - 9:51 am: |
all the dive shops have recharing stations for guests to use. You can plug chargers in in your room, but run the risk of having them overheat and burnout.
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By Clay Lansdown on Sunday, February 6, 2000 - 11:13 am: |
Some - not all - of the newer chargers will operate on 110/120 vac and 50/60 Hz (cycles). Take a look at the label on the charger. It will tell you the operating range. If the range above is covered, you can use it in your room. If not, then you will need to follow Michael's advise.
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By George DeCamp on Sunday, February 6, 2000 - 1:20 pm: |
Thanks to both of you!!
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By michael gaynor on Sunday, February 6, 2000 - 7:29 pm: |
Use the charge station at the dive shop...the 50 cycles is the killer...I have lots of burned out adaptors as evidence.
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By Clay Lansdown on Monday, February 7, 2000 - 11:39 am: |
Michael is right. 50 cycles will cause the charger to run quite a bit hotter and most of these chargers don't have much of a safety factor built in. I would use the charging station provided by the dive shop.
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By George DeCamp on Monday, February 7, 2000 - 12:30 pm: |
Thanks Michael and Clay! I also heard from Carol at Buddy Dive, here is what she said;
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