I have a suggestion for you to try. I would not have believed it, but a
local sound contractor suggested it. I have some Sennheiser UHF digital
wireless mikes. I have long been an Energizer user. I even tried the
Titanium E2 batteries. Those Sennheisers are battery hogs. I was lucky
to get 3-4 hours even with the Titaniums. They are factory rated at 6-8
hours on a fresh alkaline battery. I was told that the Energizer
batteries are lousy for wireless mikes, to go with Duracells.

Last week, we had a group using a wireless for four days. With an
Industrial Energizer alkaline, I had to change the batteries during
their lunch break, or it would go dead shortly after lunch. So, I went
to Wal-Mart and got a pack of consumer Duracells. The first day I tried
one, I did not have to change the battery at all that day. And, it ran
fine until half way through the next day. Needless to say, I have now
ordered a stock of Duracells! I was really surprised at this test.
But, I was tired of keeping Energizer in business.

By the way, the Sennheisers are the only ones I've ever run into a
battery problem with. Over the years, I have used Radio Schlock, Nady,
A/T, CSI, Sennheiser, and Sony. I am curently buying Sony UHF for the
new ones and replacements. They use a pair of AA batteries, and seem to
be very happy with the Energizers. When I start to run low on AAs, I
will go ahead and order Duracells, though.

Mike Dobony wrote:

Well, my pastor has finally discovered the problems of trying to rely on
alkaline batteries for the w/l mic. We ran out of alkalines this Sunday and
only had some HD carbon batteries. The mic sounded terrible and quit in the
middle of service. He even agreed to go ahead and get the $60 charger!

I went to Thomas Distributing and discovered that the nice 9.6V, 260 mah
Ni-Mh battery is no longer available. OUCH! The best they have is an 8.4v
200 mah. Searching the web all I find is more of the same. I did find a
8.4v 260 mah at onlybatteries.com, but I would prefer to have a full 9.6v.
Anybody have a source for this? Thanks.

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