"Dave Burton" wrote in message
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Exactly wrong.

Huh? Describing your own post?

NiCads don't have a memory problem

Of course they do. Continually charge them before they are fully discharged
and you will find they no longer take a full charge. There's a dramatic
difference in lifetime between a NiCd battery that is always fully
discharged and one that's not, with the always-discharged one coming out way
ahead.

and alkalines self discharge like crazy.

If by "self discharge like crazy" you mean "hold a charge for years", then
you're right. Otherwise, you're on crack.

I'd be happy to supply the research data proof
on the NiCads

I've got all the research data proof I need, having both killed NiCd
batteries early, and babied NiCd batteries to decade long lifetimes.

and if you want to lose the self discharge problems go
with a lithium battery pack.

Li-ion batteries self-discharge way faster than alkalines. To make matters
worse, if you allow them to be stored at full charge, they wind up with a
"memory effect" very similar to that found with NiCd batteries (albeit for a
different reason).