Battery Pack

[rotty23]

Just ordered my Quattro but forgot to ask about battery pack...can I use the same pack for NimH as alkaline? or do I need a special pack?
Cant wait till Wendsday

 

[Richard@BackwoodsDetectors]

Should work... Just have to pull the rechargables, charge, and back in..... Get the high
output batterys and that should help lenghten detectin' time... Thanks RichardnTn

 

[Rick(ND)]

Is now used on all the new Explorers and the Quattros for the rechargeable and the alkaline. When you get a new Explorer now you get 8 rechargeable batteries and a charger instead of a sealed battery pack that will charge all 8 at one time. The charger can be bought separate if you want to get high Mha batteries in the pack.
One thing I have seen with some of the higher output batteries is some are just a hair longer, so they are harder to get in the packs.

 

[beachguy777]

I bought an eight battery charger that charges either Nickel Metal Hydride or Nickel Cadmim. I prefer the nMh (Nickel Metal Hydride) because they don't have a memory problem like the Ni cads but just like they're saying, just take em out of the battery holder and charge them up. I went and bought a second empty battery pack from Kellyco for about 15 bucks and I have two sets of eight so I always have a spare set. Just check em from time to time if you need to touch them up on the charger. I like the convienence of having the two separate battery packs so when one goes dead I just grab the other one out of my detector bag. They seem to last a good while before recharging. Beats the heck out of buying new alkalines all the time, in my opinion, and they seem to have enough juce to do the job.

 

[rotty23]

Thanks guys...I had bought 8 NimH batteries and a charger for my Musky but wasnt sure if I could use them in the standard battery holder on the Quattro

 

[beachguy777]

They should be ok if they're AA batteries.