Gotcha, I'm not sure if I was looking at lithium or lithium ion. I thought it was rechargeable and the correct voltage whatever it was. I didn't think about lithium ion not being available in the required voltage. Probably would be best to just order the direct replacement.
On Thursday, July 7, 2016, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a good comparison ( > http://www.greenbatteries.com/li-ion-battery-faq/). The "AA" size of > lithium ion are actually a little bigger size called CRV3. They won't fit > in a slot designed for AA. > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 7/7/2016 5:44 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: > > I thought I saw some rechargeable 1.2v cells at the store the other day. > Maybe not. > > On Thursday, July 7, 2016, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','part15...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> Careful. There are rechargeable Lithium Ion (3.7 volt), and >> non-rechargeable "lithium" batteries (1.2 volt). Not the same. >> >> You can recharge the 3.7 volt ones, but AFAIK, the 1.2 volt ones are not >> rechargeable. >> >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> On 7/7/2016 4:09 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: >> >>> I've got a few older Siemens Gigaset phones that have rechargeable AA >>> NiMH batteries. NiMH isn't terribly easy to come by locally, is it going >>> to be a bad idea to use rechargeable Lithium Ion AA cells instead? >>> >> >> >
