X-Rite Densitometer with NiMH battery??

[jack_hui]

Hi all,

As the manual of the 341 stated that we should use NiCad battery (700mAh rating), and it is hard for me to locate NiCad battery in my country.

Anyone tried to use NiMH battery on X-Rite Densitometer (341) ??

Thanks
Jack

[Claude Sapp]

I have used them with my 341, and readings from the 341 matched those from my Eseco densitometer as well as readings from the 341 using the wall adapter. Sometimes differing voltages from using different types of batteries seem to cause problems with electronic measurement equipment, but I have not seen that to be the case with my 341.

[jack_hui]

did you charge the NiMH battery by the densitometer??

[Claude Sapp]

No I did not use the densitometer to charge the batteries. Actually, I did not even know they would charge if I plugged the densitometer in - I will have to look into that myself.

[Archphoto]

Basicly the NiCad's and the NiMh batteries have the same voltage.
The main advantage with NiMh is the envirement and the have no memory effect.
I prefer NiMh over NiCad anytime.

Peter

[marathon4ever]

I would save my money to buy a X-Rite 361, GretagMacbeth D200 or an Ihara T500. The X-Rite 341 is simply not accurate...Good luck!

[younghoon Kil]

I would like to replace the old internal batteries in my X-Rite 331 densitometer.
I found the document below and I was wondering if it would be okay to use newer NiMH batteries like eneloop.

- https://www.xrite.com/it-it/service-...er_331_and_341

If anyone has replaced the internal batteries, please advise.

[younghoon Kil]

I installed four Eneloop AA 1900 mAh 1.2V Ni-MH rechargeable batteries today as per the 331 PDF manual. And it worked normally. Before replacing the batteries, I measured the calibration step tablet in advance and measured again after replacing the batteries, and the measured values were the same.

[Drew Wiley]

I always plug in my XRite. Don't you have a simple plug-in adapter? (Remove any batteries first). The problem with NiCad batteries is that they crystallize over time, even if never used. That means that even if you find a new one of the correct type, it might not be still good. Fewer and fewer are being made. Then there's that "memory" issue to NiCads, already mentioned. It's basically an obsolete battery technology by now.

[bmikiten]

Wire in a fixed voltage wall supply.