2008Batteries/Power forum
Recelling chocolate bar batteries with NiMH cells for improved performance
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What the thread found
- Chocolate bar batteries can be recelled with NiMH cells to achieve longer runtime compared to original NiCad cells
- NiMH recelled chocolate bar batteries are approximately 25% lighter than conventional recelled batteries
Depends on
- The weight penalty claim for some recelling approaches was mentioned but not substantiated
- Only one user report of actual experience with NiMH recelling was provided