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Minelab SDC2300 AA bateries - aa battery test
jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Thursday, 12 November 2015 7:48:38 PM(UTC)
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I had the day off work today so decided to test the battery life of aa batteries in the minelab sdc2300.
I wrapped the aa in cardboard to make it the same size as c batteries, you can buy aa to c adapters pretty cheap if you wanted:)
The result was 3hours35min on a fully charged aa. Not bad for a backup set if you didn't want to buy c batteries.
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gavin  
Posted : Sunday, 15 November 2015 1:10:00 PM(UTC)
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Cheers for that, and awesome backup option indeed!
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GoldPandemic  
Posted : Friday, 27 November 2015 5:26:21 PM(UTC)
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Nice ingenuity there.
Next you could try Lithium - they are longlife non-rechargeable.
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