Rechargeables

[JHM]

Does the battery pack from minelab come with 1.5v rechargeables or 1.2v? I bought a set of 1.2v 2650 mha batteries. At full charge, they will only show 2 bars on the detector and I'm only getting about 1 hour run time.

 

[freeze12]

All rechargables are 1.2v & Your detector will work fine with the rechargeables.1 hour runtime is too short,what kind of charger are You using? Sounds like a bad charger or a bad cell. Take a voltmeter & after charging,check the voltage of each cell.A great charger for charging batteries at home or in the field is the Energizer 15 minute charger. saw them today at walmart for $21.00 on sale for the 4 bank charger. Use only Nickel Metal hydride batteries in Your detector as You will get better performance.

 

[JHM]

The batteries are Duracell NiMH and the charger is a 4 bank ! hour charger made by digital. How much runtime should I be getting?

 

[freeze12]

On My Quattro using 2500ma batteries I detect 4 hors & I still have juice left.I know someone at Minelab and was sent a free rechargeable pack & wall charger & I am getting very good runtimes also as the rechargeables in the Minelab pack are only 1600ma Again,after charging take a voltmeter & chech each cell voltage as You may have a bad cell.

 

[raptro5618]

I too just bought rechargables, of an off brand name from some battery house, they were 2600. I have run mine far longer than 4 or 5 hours and they still were at half full on the meter. Seems it goes to half very quickly and then stays there. I never had them run out as I usually only go out for a few hours and after several times out I just recharge them.

I have had it go out suddenly but I think that has something to do with the battery pack. I turned it back on and ran for several hours more so the batteries were not dead.

Seems like the first time I used the batteries they went to very low quickly but the last few charges I have not seen the same thing.

 

[Ken (Australia)]

When I purchased my Quattro I also recieved a charger and 8 x 1600mAh Ni-MH rechargable batteries. If I go for a day I usually start detecting about 9am and finish about 4pm and haven't run out of power yet, the batteries are nearly twelve months old.......Ken.

 

[jayallday01]

I was told and then read that the Nimh batteries don't reach their fully charged potential until they have been in the charger 4 to 6 times. I too recently bought some recharge-ables, 20 2600mah and 10 bay charger for $60.00. I put the batteries in to charge and it too almost 16hrs before the green lights came on. I was concerned and contacted the company I bought them from. They told me they ship the cells devoid of charge and to be patient with the initial charge. Good advice!! I have used one set, on the initial charge, for about 10hrs before I had one bar left on the battery indicator on the Quattro. And thats assuming that the batteries have not reached fully charged status!! I think given time and few more charges your batteries will last much much longer. Hope this helps, Jay

 

[JHM]

Thanks for the help. The other day was the first time I had used them.They may need some breaking in. I checked them with a volt meter and they all checked good.