Dino1956 wrote:
El Denio I have a Question: Have you not checked your Charge Level under the Bluetooth Settings for Keyboard & Mouse? That is where I'm looking. There is no Gauge on the Charger. That's how I know the Percentage my batteries are charged.
Dino
Sorry man! I got in my head somehow that your charger had a display on it. No idea why, looking back at it.
Yes I have used that indicator. I find that alkaline batteries charge to 100% whereas rechargables get to between 75 and 85%. I know they are each of different chemistry so I tend never worry about it.
I know that the both types last around the same length of time and that only the one type can be recharged. I'm also aware that the rechargable type maybe a thousand times making it economically more advantageous to use than the alkaline type before either having to be recycled.
Incidentally, I have tried recharging my alkalines too. It works great the first time one recharges an "alk", typically lasting a further two days of normal use before they die again. They get up to about 46-49% charge on this first occasion. I understand from my chargers instruction manual that alks can be recharged up to a maximym of ten times but, in my experience, I don't bother after the second recharge because the time it takes for a recharged alk to die each time seems to shorten dramatically. For instance, the first recharge and the battery lasts for another two or three days, the second recharge maybe a day and the third recharge maybe a few hours and then the fourth about an hour. Recharge time being a couple of hours, maybe three hours, each time. So the returns diminish really quite rapidly.
I found a website once that explained what was going on in batteries of all sorts of chemistry. I will search around to see if I can find it once more and give you the link. I will be back shortly my friend.
El Deanio
