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Sense and scan battery alternatives
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:15 am
by Art
Plugwise Sense and Scan units are powered by a single 3.6v AA battery. In my home these pricey buggers last less than a year, negating any power savings I might accomplish.
Obviously I'm looking for alternatives. The manual states the units will function between 3.2 and 3.6 volt. I have thought about regulating down the output of a 5v usb adapter and hooking that up, but a rechargeable battery would be more elegant. Is there such a thing as a rechargeable 3.6v AA battery?
Re: Sense and scan battery alternatives
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:01 am
by Post-IT
I found some:
http://www.lightinthebox.com/nl/Populai ... rijen.html
http://www.accu-company.nl/nl/batterij/ ... 35030.html
I would expect you need a special charger, and it seems most of these don't have any overcharging prevention built in.
Sense and scan battery alternatives
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:49 pm
by Verkenner
Thanks Post-IT
Indeed these 3.6v 2,1 Ah AA Lithium batteries are very expensive and work only (max) one year.
In Groningen I bought one of these: 16,90 euro !!!
Alternatives are welcome
Re: Sense and scan battery alternatives
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:49 am
by dorenberg
Well I tried other brands in the past. No success. Sense and Scan were not working anymore. Only the original brand worked for me. I bought them for around 4 euros a piece.
Just buy them here:
http://www.nkon.nl/saft-sl14500-aa-lith ... -3-6v.html
These were not working: Xeno ER14505 XL-060F 3.6V AA Lithium Thiony Battery Li-SOCl2 XN0001
Re: Sense and scan battery alternatives
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:55 pm
by esschenk
Re: Sense and scan battery alternatives
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:02 pm
by mhn
That's a 18650 they are big. It's the 14500 that's AA size.
I use 14500 in flashlights but i don't know about Plugwise.
Regards
Morten
Re: Sense and scan battery alternatives
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:21 pm
by esschenk
Re: Sense and scan battery alternatives
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:39 pm
by Art
In spots where it's no aesthetic problem to use an external power source I might try one of
these. 3 x NiMH AA should equal one 3,6 volt battery, right?
A cost effective solution, since NiMH batteries are relatively cheap and easy to come by and I already own a charger.
Re: Sense and scan battery alternatives
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:29 pm
by Art
@ Post-IT: Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
I ordered a couple of
these and they've replaced the regular batteries as of yesterday evening. No problems so far. If things change I'll report back here.