It uses a titanium tub that is essentially a solid (think sheet metal) sheet formed into a tub, works with TC. It is the same electrical circuit as when using a coil or mesh. Each tub has its own resistance value and there is a calibration process built into it.
Tonight the power company has a planned approx. 9 hour outage in my area for some type of upgrade. I will be at work but wife and son will be here.
I have a few things for light and here is one.
This device has a built-in rechargeable battery as well as taking 4 AA batteries. No where does it say to use rechargeable AA batteries. So I plug it in to 110v and with no AA's installed I measure 7+ volts from the battery terminals. This could be a hazard if using non rechargeable batteries.
I have a few things for light and here is one.
This device has a built-in rechargeable battery as well as taking 4 AA batteries. No where does it say to use rechargeable AA batteries. So I plug it in to 110v and with no AA's installed I measure 7+ volts from the battery terminals. This could be a hazard if using non rechargeable batteries.
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Well 7v for four AA's in series is 1.75v per cell. I am thinking it probably figures out automatically what kind of batteries you throw in there and then adjusts accordingly. There is hope anyway. Either that or pull the batteries out for internal charging.
Btw, rechargeable NiMH gets amazingly hot if overcharged. Enough to burn plastic, carpet, and lots of other things that could start a fire. It will destroy the cells too. It is ok to try if you are going to keep a close eye on the battery temperature. Batteries should be cool until they get near or passed full charge. You can pull a cell out to see how close to full charge they are. Full is usually about 1.42v.
I'm charging the AA NiMH's in a stand alone charger. I'll be pulling them out when the power is restored. The way I noticed the connection was the internal battery was all but dead. After trying out some regular AA's and then removing them the internal battery had some charge put to it from the AA's.
I just bought an "intelligent" charger. It handles LiPO, LiFE, NiCAD and NiMH. Recognizes each battery type and charges accordingly. I'm trying to get away from buying AA cells all the time. Between remotes for everything from fans to TVs, the garbage can, the weather station and other stuff I can't even thing of right now, we're buying AAs every time we go to Costco. DuraCells ain't what they used to be and I've had too many leak.
Also I added some strips of duct tape to the refrigerator doors as a "reminder"
Power is back on. The POS flashlight/radio worked great the whole 9 hours. I haven't looked in the refrigerator yet.
Edit: I just checked the refrigerator's freezer, totally OK, not even did any ice cubes start to melt. Ice cream is a bit soft but OK too.
Edit: I just checked the refrigerator's freezer, totally OK, not even did any ice cubes start to melt. Ice cream is a bit soft but OK too.
The longest I had without power was 30 hours. Everything looked fine in the freezer and even the ice cubes didn't melt. Vacuum sealed lunch meat, tortillas, onions, and a few other stuff tasted fine. Other stuff like meatloaf, TV dinners, sausages, etc. turned into something else when thawed. It didn't smell spoiled, but it didn't smell like food either. Meat turned into something soft and mushy like mashed potatoes. I never tasted any of it, I just tossed it out.
The other power outages we had were 8 to 9 hours long and I don't think anything went bad in that short period of time in the freezer. Maybe some frozen pizza tasted like it had freezer burn. But I can't think of much else.
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