Charging rechargable 9V batteries for first time?

[cphilip]

OK,I tested a few of them and they all had a full charge already. Now from some of you guys other experiences with some of them not having a charge I guess we can say..."It depends"...not exactly the answer we hoped to get.

What did I get? I bought Gold Peak. These are 150 MAH 8.4V NiMH Batteries

The Charger is also Gold Peak 7Hr Faxst cHarger (although not on the 9V) This one is a smart charger but it seems its smarter on all batteries but the 9V where it does trickle down but not all the way.

I got the GPXB03UL charger for $19.97 and the (8) batteries are GP15F8H at $10.50 each.

All from Zbattery.com

Total with shipping was $108.64 for the charger and 8 9V batteries.

[than205]

Funny, I was just going to post on this subject.
I just picked a Radio Shack set-up. NiMH 8.4 volt and charger. The charger doesn't have auto shut-off for the 9v. (bummer) Other than that seems a nice package. All for less than $20.
I been feeling kinda freaky but has anyone else done this? If you check the backs of a 9 volt packages, did you notice a note stating the actual voltage will measure at 7?
After I finished charging the new battery, I put it in my warp. Very nice. I noticed a considerable speed increase. (that extra 1.4 volts?) I looked at the Planview batteries for a long time, then I ran across the radio shack set-up. Anyway, I'm not too worried about the extra voltage to much, 9 volt batteries are just so damn expensive. Plus I'm your average American, I don't like to wait for things. (the reason for speedball?)

[cphilip]

Yes when I was shopping around I found that all smart chargers (that I found anyway) have a disclaimer about 9V and auto shut off. The one I bought does indicate it will not harm them for quite some time as it does trickle charge but says not to leave them in for a real long time.

Yep they are expensive but pay back should be after 6 uses. I am numbering mine so I can keep up with them as to which are charged and wich are not if they get mixed up in the tool box.

[BlackVCG]

Phil! Why didn't you get Plainviews!?! Those Gold Peaks are more expensive and not even rated as high as the Plainviews. The Plainviews are 9.6V and 170mAh. Oh well, you've already dumped $100 on the other batteries.

[cphilip]

Well I did look at them but was that the site that only took Pay Pal as payment? Seems I ran into that if I can remember...

I'll probably pick up some of those later too. My charger should handle them. It says it will anyway.

[BlackVCG]

https://www.thomas-distributing.com

That's where I got mine from.

[cphilip]

Dang it! I should have asked. Seems to me the place I found them online was a pay pal only site. I found that quite odd realy. So I went this other way and just got a few extra of these but I made sure the charger was capable of the higher ones too. I'll go ahead and get a few of these as well now. Thanks Black for the link.

Phil

[cphilip]

Oh now it comes back to me...I didn't like the charger at Thomas. I wanted one that had a cord and was bench top. But in hind site I should have made two seperate orders realy. One to thomas for the batteris and one to this other place for the charger. In fact the pay pal place I liked the charger even more than the one I got but...This one I got was second in features.

[than205]

My question is, is there a 12v battery of reasonable size that we can use on a warp?
I did find one that Duracell makes. I don't know how long it will last.

http://www.duracell.com/battery_finder/duracell_model_info.asp?duracell_model=MN21