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Re: Charging Telinga with alkaline battery

Subject: Re: Charging Telinga with alkaline battery
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:14:13 +0100
Yes, you can, but MAKE SURE that you fasten the battery to the output cable 
with a rubber band or similar.
If you let the battery hung freely in the wires, the wires will collapse!

The reason is probably that the internal accu is old and has a self-shortage.

Batteries are a problem nowadays. I have seen 20 year old Telingas, still 
working with the original General Electric Ni-Cad cells.
But since some 10 years, batteries seem to be made to collapse.
The 2005 Telingas have the (what they say) best cells available on the 
market. I pray "they" are right.
Pray is all I can do.

Klas.

At 11:25 2005-03-17, you wrote:

>Dear Nature Recordists,
>
>I have tried charging telinga pro 5 with Duracell Plus alkaline batteries
>and found that accumulator voltage does not go beyond 4.4 Volt (from 3.5
>,4.1 etc  initial voltage)or so . I have tried this with three new
>batteries. So, I can only use Telinga with Duracell Battery remaining
>attached while recording which is quite cumbersome and risky for
>equipment.
>
>I do not know whether there is problem with accumulator or batteries, or
>it is the charging process which is wrong i.e. may be it should be charged
>after fully discharging it. I request for advice from experienced Telinga
>users and others.
>
>Pratap Singh
>
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
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