AA cell to D cell Battery Converters...... any good?

[RoverJim]

Originally Posted by paulsherwin

Poundland sell reasonable quality Sony branded zinc chloride Ds in packs of two, but they don't stock any alkalines in this size. 69p for a Procell is a good price.

Yes Paul I thought so, they are available at buyabattery.co.uk in multiples of 10. You have to pay carriage so I ordered a few boxes of 10 to make it worthwhile,

[saxmaniac]

Originally Posted by mark pirate

I run my Bush TR82C from seven AA Nicad batteries, I get around five weeks use before recharging, so quite economical for a set in daily use.
I also use a couple of PP9 batterys that I made up from eight 800Ma AA cells, this gives a decent life in my Hacker sets.

Mark

It is worth adding extra cells to make up the extra voltage compared to dry cells. ie, 6 times 1.5v is 9v, 6 times 1.2v is 7.2 volts. Most radios work fine on reduced voltage, as they were made to run with semi flat batteries anyway, but there can be a difference in sensitivity and tape recorder performance with the full voltage supplied

[gezza123]

THanks guys you have inspired me to get the charger out.
Large 6volt battery now charged and fitted in my Roberts RT1.

All other batteries now charged up, now to test all transistor radio's.
Gezza123