Soldato
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Having got myself a Wii back in October, the batteries finally ran out recently and having replaced them with another set of non rechargeables I decided to get myself a new charger and 4 really good, high capacity rechargeables so I would have 2 sets of that I could bung into my remotes.
I got myself a nice Uniross Sprint 1Hour charger (model AAB04541-3) which came with 4 2700mah NI-mh batteries. I charged them and bunged one set (somehow I managed to completely lose one set...) into my wiimote. They initially came up full on the battery meter. I used them for about an hour playing Wii sports. I switched the wii on the next day and the meter was down to half way. I played for about an hour or so again, by which time the meter was down to 1 bar.
I've since played for about another hour in 20 mins slots over the last day or so and now the remote is completely dead, to the point that the blue lights don't come on at all when any buttons are pressed.
Having read that people have used rechargeables with the wii and had no problems with them, I'm wondering why mine have only lasted for a total of about 4 hours of use, way way way less than I was expecting from them!!!
I have read that, the battery meter might not work properly cos of the way rechargeables discharge etc but I'd also read that they have worked well for a lot of people.
Has anyone used such batteries and had any problems with them not lasting very long?
I do wonder if the charger I got isn't working very well but I don't know how I might check that the batteries are fully charged when it stops charging them. Anyone know how I might be able to check them with a multimeter?
Any help very very much appreciated!!!
Valve
I got myself a nice Uniross Sprint 1Hour charger (model AAB04541-3) which came with 4 2700mah NI-mh batteries. I charged them and bunged one set (somehow I managed to completely lose one set...) into my wiimote. They initially came up full on the battery meter. I used them for about an hour playing Wii sports. I switched the wii on the next day and the meter was down to half way. I played for about an hour or so again, by which time the meter was down to 1 bar.
I've since played for about another hour in 20 mins slots over the last day or so and now the remote is completely dead, to the point that the blue lights don't come on at all when any buttons are pressed.
Having read that people have used rechargeables with the wii and had no problems with them, I'm wondering why mine have only lasted for a total of about 4 hours of use, way way way less than I was expecting from them!!!
I have read that, the battery meter might not work properly cos of the way rechargeables discharge etc but I'd also read that they have worked well for a lot of people.
Has anyone used such batteries and had any problems with them not lasting very long?
I do wonder if the charger I got isn't working very well but I don't know how I might check that the batteries are fully charged when it stops charging them. Anyone know how I might be able to check them with a multimeter?
Any help very very much appreciated!!!
Valve