Recommendation?
I am looking for rechargeable batteries, and am looking for recommendations from someone who knows more than I do.
Basically, my need is very simple: because of concerns of electrical noise, I have a ton of battery-powered LED lamps in the Faraday cage I use in the lab for my voltammetry experiments. However, they tend to drain battery life relatively quickly so I want to be a bit more economic and get a bunch of rechargeable AAA's. My sole point of interest is that I want to get maximum brightness from the lamps as long as possible on each charge--it's pretty clear so far that the lights dim rather quickly and then can maintain in the almost-too-dim-to-be-useful state indefinitely. I *don't* really care about how long the batteries last before they stop holding a charge, as this is on the lab dime. It would be nice to not have to replace them once a year or whatever, but on the scale of expenditures I contribute to the lab, that one is pretty tiny.
So I *think* that the value I care about is the milliampere-hour of each battery... but I'm not certain. Can anyone contribute thoughts and/or opinions? Are there other battery traits I should be concerning myself with?
Basically, my need is very simple: because of concerns of electrical noise, I have a ton of battery-powered LED lamps in the Faraday cage I use in the lab for my voltammetry experiments. However, they tend to drain battery life relatively quickly so I want to be a bit more economic and get a bunch of rechargeable AAA's. My sole point of interest is that I want to get maximum brightness from the lamps as long as possible on each charge--it's pretty clear so far that the lights dim rather quickly and then can maintain in the almost-too-dim-to-be-useful state indefinitely. I *don't* really care about how long the batteries last before they stop holding a charge, as this is on the lab dime. It would be nice to not have to replace them once a year or whatever, but on the scale of expenditures I contribute to the lab, that one is pretty tiny.
So I *think* that the value I care about is the milliampere-hour of each battery... but I'm not certain. Can anyone contribute thoughts and/or opinions? Are there other battery traits I should be concerning myself with?