JohnGaltLine posted:For what it's worth, while the manuals for all my LC engines have called for only alkaline batteries, I have used several remotes with NiMH rechargeable with no trouble at all. I used Duracell branded, "pre-Charged" batteries, but any NiMH Low Self-Discharge type battery should work fine. it's worth noting that a set of quality, low self-discharge NiMH batteries should last about twice as long as alkaline batteries in these remotes, and you can charge them 500+ times.
Having taken one of these remotes apart, there is nothing in the design that would prevent NiMH rechargeable batteries from working just as well as alkalines. I think the rechargeable may even be a better choice for the remote, and for most products where there is a chance that dead batteries might be left in the device. Alkalines tend to leak, especially when they are discharged beyond useful life, ex leaving them in the remote after they are dead and forgetting about it. NiMH don't typically leak from being dead, though they can from over charging... and even then they tend to leak gas, not corrosive fluid.
JGL
Thanks. I use the Panasonic Eneloop in my other battery powered items and they hold their charge well between uses.
