Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts | Only two consumer-level battery chargers are competing for the top slot: the La Crosse Technology BC-900 AlphaPower battery charger and the Powerex MH-C9000 WizardOne battery charger. For this review, I purchased them both and conducted numerous tests over a period of several weeks. Ultimately, I liked the Powerex MH-C9000 so much that I decided to carry it on www.BetterLifeGoods.com , so keep that in mind as you read this review. Here's my critical look at both products:
The La Crosse BC-900 Battery Charger
The BC-900 offers four main modes:
Charge: Charges the battery to full capacity. | Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts | But I persisted in my search and finally found what is clearly the best consumer-level battery charger available in the marketplace today. It's called the WizardOne MH-C9000 and it's made by Maha Energy (Powerex). It features an incredible backlight display that resembles the brightness of a plasma TV screen. It has advanced, independent circuitry for charging, discharging, capacity testing and refreshing any capacity of AA or AAA NiMH batteries.
Full disclosure: I liked this battery charger so much that I bought hundreds of them from the manufacturer and now sell them at www.BetterLifeGoods. | Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts | If you're looking for the best NiMH battery charger on the market, go with the MH-C9000. The only drawbacks are that is doesn't charge C, D, or 9V batteries, it doesn't come with a 12V car charger, and it's more expensive than most other chargers (retailing at $69 or so). Cheap battery chargers that lack important safety features can be readily purchased for less than $20 practically anywhere, so it you just want a blind charger that slams current into a battery with no idea of the actual capacity, go get a charger at Wal-Mart or Target. | | For many months, this was the only consumer-level battery charger I could find that offered a test / analyze mode. But in the Spring of 2007, Maha Energy released the WizardOne MH-C9000, which was a breath of fresh air compared to the La Crosse BC-900.
The Maha Energy WizardOne MH-C9000 NiMH battery charger
In contrast to the BC-900 from La Crosse, the Maha Energy WizardOne MH-C9000 is a dream to use! The display is astonishingly bright (really, it will blow your mind when you see it), the controls are intuitive, and the buttons actually respond like you would expect them to. | Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts | Where to buy:
The WizardOne MH-C9000 battery charger is available at www.BetterLifeGoods.com
PowerEx batteries (AAA, AA, C, D, 9V) are also available at www.BetterLifeGoods.com
Full disclosure: Better Life Goods is directly affiliated with NewsTarget. All sales help support NewsTarget operations and provide funding for the Consumer Wellness Center non-profit. | | Full disclosure: I liked this battery charger so much that I bought hundreds of them from the manufacturer and now sell them at www.BetterLifeGoods.com , where you'll also find Powerex NiMH rechargeable batteries that work with the charger. To maintain my journalistic integrity on this product, I'll give you both the pros and cons of the MH-C9000 later in this review (see below). | If you're going to charge batteries in your home, especially at night or when you might be away from your house during the day, be sure to use a battery charger with advanced safety features that can prevent fires.
risk of fire or battery damage. Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts | The WizardOne MH-C9000 battery charger is available at www.BetterLifeGoods.com
PowerEx NiMH batteries (AAA, AA, C, D, 9V) are also available at www.BetterLifeGoods. | Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts | Overall:
The WizardOne MH-C9000 is a high-end battery charger for users who want advanced features (such as the ability to "analyze" battery performance) and a great deal of control over the charging, discharging or cycling of their NiMH batteries. It's a high-end charger that tells you exactly how much power your batteries are carrying, helping you weed out good batteries from bad ones. Although the price is much higher than most chargers, the MH-C9000 brings a combination of features and display technology that simply isn't available yet from anyone else. | Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | To recharge your car battery you simply attach it to a battery charger that takes energy from the outlet and flows power back into the battery. Ribose is the cellular battery charger that promotes the flow of energy back into your cells. If ribose is available, the cellular battery will recharge quickly and your cellular engine will start. If it is not available, or is not available fast enough or in a large enough quantity, the battery won't recharge or will recharge only very slowly. | Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts | The best way to charge the unit is to charge its AA batteries in a NiMH battery charger like the Powerex WizardOne battery charger we sell on this site (which is a premium, top-of-the-line charger that also measures battery capacity and performance).
In all, you'll find our 8-in-1 Dynamo Emergency Tool to be an essential device in your vehicle or home (or use it in both places!). It's a smart step towards personal or family preparedness. Every person we've shown this to has said, "I gotta have one in my car! | | You can also use this battery compartment as a makeshift battery charger. Insert any pair of rechargeable AA batteries and crank the dynamo handle for several minutes. A charge of approximately 200mA (milliamps) will flow into the batteries. Please note that this is only a makeshift battery charging solution. You'd have to crank the dynamo handle like this for one hour to charge a pair of typical rechargeable AA batteries to only 10% of their capacity. But in a pinch, it's a workable makeshift solution. | Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | Ribose is the cellular battery charger that promotes the flow of energy back into your cells. If ribose is available, the cellular battery will recharge quickly and your cellular engine will start. If it is not available, or is not available fast enough or in a large enough quantity, the battery won't recharge or will recharge only very slowly. In the cell, ribose provides the power to recharge the battery through two different, but metabolically linked, mechanisms.
TABLE 3.3. RATES OF ENERGY TURNOVER AND ATP SYNTHESIS IN THE HEART
Oxidative phosphorylation 0.7 mmole/sec*
Glycolysis 0. | Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts | We also carry a new, breakthrough NiMH battery charger with a super bright backlight display and the ability to refresh old NiMH batteries.
As we add more products in the coming weeks, you'll see an assortment of unique solutions for green living, energy conservation, personal safety and much more. (This retailer will never carry vitamins, herbs or nutritional supplements, by the way. I'm happy to recommend other sources for those products.)
Introducing RoHS compliance
Both EcoLEDs and Better Life Goods offer products adhering to strict RoHS guidelines. |
Nontoxic, Natural and EarthwiseDebra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts | | You can also recharge them with a solar-powered battery charger and save electricity.
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Seventh Generation. Designed for industrial use, their rechargeable batteries have a longer life than those sold in retail stores. Come in AA, C, and D, and can be recharged up to five hundred times. Also a portable solar battery charger that powers up to four AA nickel-cadmium batteries.
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Harmful ingredients: colors, fragrance, paraffin. | Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D. See book keywords and concepts | An analogy is that sleep is like a battery charger. If the body is not being recharged, especially the muscles, the result is pain. With a good, restful sleep, the battery becomes fully charged and functions optimally. The outcome is that the pain goes away or is significantly relieved.
5-HTP and Fibromyalgia
5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is converted to the important neurotransmitter serotonin. The role of serotonin and the benefits of 5-
HTP in raising serotonin levels are detailed in the chapter on Depression. | Annemarie Colbin See book keywords and concepts | The sun, after all, is the original source of all light, heat, and energy on our planet—our main battery charger. (Those of us who are old enough may remember that clothes dried under the sun feel very different—fresher, cleaner—from those dried in a dryer.)
SALTING
This method preserves food by inhibiting the development of toxin-producing bacteria. Traditionally, it was feasible only in those communities where either sea or land salt was easy to obtain. Today it is most often used for meats, and especially for fish, either in conjunction with drying or by immersion in brine. |
Nontoxic, Natural and EarthwiseDebra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts | | Also a portable solar battery charger that powers up to four AA nickel-cadmium batteries.
Candles_
Harmful ingredients: colors, fragrance, paraffin.
While candles certainly are not going to supply all of our lighting needs, they are a peaceful, romantic source of light that can be made from natural materials. On occasions when you prefer candlelight, choose natural-color beeswax candles, which have a strong flame and a wonderful honey aroma, or bayberry wax candles.
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Natural beeswax candles can be purchased at most candle shops and some natural-food stores. | Arthur C. Upton, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | | Do not use the wrong size or type of battery in a recharger; for example, an automobile battery charger cannot be used to recharge flashlight batteries.
• Do not use alkaline and carbon-zinc batteries together in the same appliance.
• Do not combine run-down batteries with new or freshly charged ones. Batteries will produce only as much power as the weakest will allow, and the strong batteries will put extra stress on the weaker ones, possibly causing them to overheat or leak.
• Do not reverse batteries in an appliance (placing the positive end where the negative end should be). |
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