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The low battery indicator doesn't work particularly well with recharchables. With a standard non rechargeable alkaline the voltage drops gradually as the batte
by p1necone 3y ago
The low battery indicator doesn't work particularly well with recharchables.
With a standard non rechargeable alkaline the voltage drops gradually as the battery discharges, so the battery light coming on at a certain voltage gives the user enough time to save their game and replace the batteries.
Rechargeable AA batteries have a much flatter voltage curve - they basically give a stable 1.2V until they run out of juice and then drop rapidly.
Edit: not lithium, Ni-MH
- rtomanek 3y ago> Lithium ion batteries have a much flatter voltage curve - they basically give a stable 1.2V until they run out of juice and then drop rapidly. Did you mean Ni-MH (and possibly Ni-Cd earlier)? Lithium based rechargeables are usually not in AA format and the voltage is closer to 3.6V.
- p1necone 3y agoOops, yes. For some reason I thought rechargeables like enerloop were lithium but I was remembering wrong.