Russel,

"1 minute charge" for 0.8 minute complete discharge ?
:)

Founding miracles in NimH and Li-ion technology seems a good place to
start thinking at electronics. When I'll see the battery completely
charged in 1 minute which may be used 10 days and drop the full
capacity it was designed for, I'll believe it.

cheers,
Vasile


On 12/26/05, Russell McMahon <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Sanyo "eneloop" improved Nickel metal hydride battery.
> Vastly improved (reduced) self discharge rate.
> Best thing about this is that others will no doubt follow their lead
> (patents or no) and the NimH battery will be much improved in the next
> few years.
> Surprise claim on 1st link below is a practical capacity in camera use
> of 4+ times that of Sanyo's own Alkaline manganese batteries. That
> doesn't make sense but is worth wondering about.
>
>    - Retains 85% of charge after 1 year.
>    - 2000 mAH
>    - 1000 charge/discharge cycles lifetime.
>    - Being sold as a true dry-battery replacement due to long charged
> shelf life
>
> Best semi technical link I've found is
> Not a vast amount of information - charging times suggest similar
> characteristics to normal NimH.
>
>        http://rechargeablebatteryinfo.com/sanyo-eneloop-rechargeable-batteries.php
>
>
> This Sanyo link seems dead
>
>    http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4-eng/0511/1101-2e.html
>
> But Sanyo replied to a query from Steve's digicams
>          Thanks for your interest in Sanyo batteries. The new
>      eneloop batteries have just been announced in Japan. They
>      launched them there on Nov. 14. We plan to launch them in
>      North America at the CES show in Jan. They will be
>      available in the Spring of 2006. We will also be offering a
>      charger at that time.
>
>
> Various low information reports:
>
>    http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123366,00.asp
>
>
>        http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_5065.html
>
> _____________________________________________________
>
> Toshiba Lithium Ion battery that
>
>    - Can be charged to 80% capacity in 1 minute
>    - Retains 99% of capacity after 1000 charge/discharge cycles
>    - Is ideal for powering flying pigs.
>
>            http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_2902.html
>
>
> _____________________________
>
> While we're at it
> Toshiba direct methanol fuel cell.
>
>        http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_4331.html
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