Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Battery Saving Tips
A list of battery saving tips from the very beginning of our blog has been included below as a timely reminder.
With the heat of summer beginning to hit in the Northern Hemisphere it is particularly important to remember to... keep your batteries COOL.
Most importantly, for any battery 'driven' item... a vital instruction. Do NOT leave spent batteries in your watch, camera, or even your torch, for any length of time.
They can, and most probably will, corrode and ruin the internal working of your precious items.
For the well-being of your actual batteries... keep them cool. If you take them out of your camera or whatever, store them in the refrigerator. Heat contributes radically to battery wear and tear.
New batteries for your mobile phone will have to be charged for the stipulated amount of time before use. Do NOT use them before they have completed the full amount of time charging which your instructions will clearly state.
Apart from the first full charge, it will be vital not to over-charge your batteries... you will need to check often as they are charging, and as soon as they are fully charged, remove them from your charger.
Charging on a little and often basis is, in most cases, the best way to conserve the life in your batteries.
[Links to our preferred battery supplier and to the extremely informative 'Dummies' books can be found in our left-hand margin.]
With the heat of summer beginning to hit in the Northern Hemisphere it is particularly important to remember to... keep your batteries COOL.
Most importantly, for any battery 'driven' item... a vital instruction. Do NOT leave spent batteries in your watch, camera, or even your torch, for any length of time.
They can, and most probably will, corrode and ruin the internal working of your precious items.
For the well-being of your actual batteries... keep them cool. If you take them out of your camera or whatever, store them in the refrigerator. Heat contributes radically to battery wear and tear.
New batteries for your mobile phone will have to be charged for the stipulated amount of time before use. Do NOT use them before they have completed the full amount of time charging which your instructions will clearly state.
Apart from the first full charge, it will be vital not to over-charge your batteries... you will need to check often as they are charging, and as soon as they are fully charged, remove them from your charger.
Charging on a little and often basis is, in most cases, the best way to conserve the life in your batteries.
[Links to our preferred battery supplier and to the extremely informative 'Dummies' books can be found in our left-hand margin.]
Labels: keep your batteries COOL, Northern Hemisphere, refrigerator
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Thursday, March 22nd!
Now that, in the Northern hemisphere, the weather is warming up... check out the tips on making your batteries last longer which were published on Thursday, March 22nd in this blog!
With longer daylight hours, warmer weather, and all the delights of Spring there will be ever more opportunities to use your digital camera... and you don't want to unnecessarily run down your batteries.
Always remember to keep batteries which aren't in use in the refrigerator [this applies to film for cameras too] as a cool place will be better for them.
With longer daylight hours, warmer weather, and all the delights of Spring there will be ever more opportunities to use your digital camera... and you don't want to unnecessarily run down your batteries.
Always remember to keep batteries which aren't in use in the refrigerator [this applies to film for cameras too] as a cool place will be better for them.
Labels: Northern Hemisphere, refrigerator, spring water
Monday, April 30, 2007
Solar Garden Lighting
If you want to know about the technicalities of solar lighting... and what it is composed of... then please refer back to our post of March 28th, 2007 in the Archives, where solar lighting is discussed in detail, together with links to helpful online sources of information and supplies.
This post is just a reminder to all those in the Northern Hemisphere that we are coming out of winter! It's time to go to the garden centre, DIY store, ironmongers... or wherever you can choose your new garden lighting and buy some of the gorgeous new generation of solar powered garden lights.
Have you ever visited... http://www.thehungersite.com http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com http://www.therainforestsite.com or any of their sister websites? You will find lots of beautiful solar lighting ideas there, together with many other gift ideas... and they are all sold in aid of the particular good cause you prefer to support.
This post is just a reminder to all those in the Northern Hemisphere that we are coming out of winter! It's time to go to the garden centre, DIY store, ironmongers... or wherever you can choose your new garden lighting and buy some of the gorgeous new generation of solar powered garden lights.
Have you ever visited... http://www.thehungersite.com http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com http://www.therainforestsite.com or any of their sister websites? You will find lots of beautiful solar lighting ideas there, together with many other gift ideas... and they are all sold in aid of the particular good cause you prefer to support.
Labels: garden lights, ironmongers, Northern Hemisphere, solar lighting
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