What is the Best Brand of Alkaline Batteries?

[Bob Parker]

Mark was interested in powering a microcontroller circuit under
fairly extreme conditions for a long time, so lithiums seemed to be a
reasonable readily-available choice for that application.
For more mundane uses, quite likely alkalines would be a more
cost-effective choice.

Bob

 

[Mr.T]

Mark was interested in powering a microcontroller circuit under
fairly extreme conditions for a long time, so lithiums seemed to be a
reasonable readily-available choice for that application.

Possibly, but without knowing the actual current drain, time between
service, possible power availabilty from other sources, size and weight
constraints etc. etc. it's impossible to say whether it's a *good* option.

For more mundane uses, quite likely alkalines would be a more
cost-effective choice.

Without a doubt.

MrT.

 

[Mark Harriss]

Possibly, but without knowing the actual current drain, time between
service, possible power availabilty from other sources, size and weight
constraints etc. etc. it's impossible to say whether it's a *good* option.




Without a doubt.

MrT.

I may need to opt for a Lithiums at 1.6V for most of their life
or opt for a third cell just to have some voltage margin to play
with as I really need a few different voltages for the project.