Cheapo battery question
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:49 pm
I have lots of remote controls for TVs, DVDs,VCRs etc + I have a very basic Sony digital camera.
Whilst in Poundland last week I 'invested' in a pack of 11 Kodak AA batteries for £1.00 marked as Heavy Duty for Low Power Products. As far as I can tell they work fine in the remote controls but when I try them in the camera, the camera is sluggish to switch on and when I press the shutter it just switches off.
If I take the Kodak batteries out of the camera and replace them with the nearly knackered Duracell PLUS that were in it, it works OK.
Are the Kodak batteries simply not up to the job or am I doing something obviously stupid? I don't mind chucking* all the Kodak batteries if I'm risking the gadgets by using them.
*of course I mean dispose of in an environmentally sensible way.
Thanks in anticipation.
Whilst in Poundland last week I 'invested' in a pack of 11 Kodak AA batteries for £1.00 marked as Heavy Duty for Low Power Products. As far as I can tell they work fine in the remote controls but when I try them in the camera, the camera is sluggish to switch on and when I press the shutter it just switches off.
If I take the Kodak batteries out of the camera and replace them with the nearly knackered Duracell PLUS that were in it, it works OK.
Are the Kodak batteries simply not up to the job or am I doing something obviously stupid? I don't mind chucking* all the Kodak batteries if I'm risking the gadgets by using them.
*of course I mean dispose of in an environmentally sensible way.
Thanks in anticipation.