NIMH rechargeables performance increase

[VW AG lova]

did some searching but its hard to find. i heard that even though rechargeables give you 1.2 V less than normal alkalines but have a increase in performance, what kind of increase and how much??

[stang_racer]

well in my mind they give a very noticeable difference and a shoe string budget for sure! their a great idea if you want to go the way of doing any cheap mods for sure, i did and i wont go back to allkaline plus they last longer over allkaline batterys

[Donziikid]

Originally Posted by VW AG lova

did some searching but its hard to find. i heard that even though rechargeables give you 1.2 V less than normal alkalines but have a increase in performance, what kind of increase and how much??

Please read the Electronics Explanations thread under the Xmods FAQ section of the forum.

Rechargable Nickel-Metal-Hydride batteries offer a higher discharge rate and capacity rate than regular Alkaline batteries. This allows your Xmod to run at a higher speed because more power is being supplied to the electronics as well as run for a longer period of time since more power is available. You would probably notice a good amount of gain in top speed as well as acceleration by using NiMH rather than Alkaline.

Another major plus to NiMH is they're rechargable; many companies garentee their batteries rechargable up to 1000 times! I'd rather spend $15 on a four pack of rechargable NiMH batteries then keep spending $5 on a pack of Alkalines; that's $5000 in batteries over $15!

Alkaline is rated at 1.5V per cell.
Nickel-Metal-Hydride is rated at 1.2V per cell.
Lithium-Polymer and Lithium-Ion is rated at 3.7V per cell.

Also moved to Xmods Electronics since this has to do with batteries.