On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 09:45 -0700, Denny Esterline wrote:

> If I had a mouse that consumed a battery in a single day - It'd be in the
> scrap bin.

Ditto here - wow.

I wonder whether the particular mouse in question requires close to 1.5
volts.  NiMH are pretty low voltage most of their life.  Could be that
the one day of use gets the voltage down near the minimum the mouse
needs, but nowhere near the supposed useful charge of the battery.

NiCd have a little higher voltage plateau, but not as much capacity.
Might be interesting to see what sort of life they give.

I've largely given up on rechargeables for most applications.  Alkalines
last so much longer, you don't have the charging hassles, and if you use
enough of them, they are cheap.  But then I haven't messed with the
Eneloops.  Normal NiMH have such an internal discharge that you have to
charge them right before use, and NiCd need so much mothering.  I may
have to try the Eneloops, although right now I can't think of an
application for them.

--McD


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