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Do 9v batteries historically suck?
On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:46:54 +0000 (UTC), Robert
wrote: I don't think 9V batteries are going away anytime soon. I've never seen a residential smoke detector with any other. In mine, plain heavyduty (MnO-Zn) last longer than alkalines. Sure, 9V are old and most devices no longer need the higher voltage. Current capacity (mAh) has become more important. -- Robert Certainly not. Aside from a little gun-shy of what might be a sticker price affixed to one in brick storefronts, I'm really all worn out and frazzled about keeping batteries around;- Chargers for South Korean battery production have spoilt me. Besides, I yet more from an early indulgence of saving transformers that outlive their assignment. A box full of transformers, many with multiples ranging from 1.5-12V and selectable polarity. The DMM replacement's may be of help yet, in 3V input stage, over a 2xAAA configuration, to check between my ears before attempting another transformation from out of a box of packrat appropriations. I've $2000 guitar, Canadian make, for instance I managed to power at 9V up from one, out of the box, on a loaded strip of transformers inside a box beneath two rows of pedal effects tied to a refrigerator rack fashioned into two tiers from a 100lb. vise, hacksaw and 5lb. mallet. |
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