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Batteries and cold weather, the science behind it all?


4 years 3 months ago #672160 by Pat White
Growing up my parents always put batteries in the refrigerator to keep the "fresh".  So how is it that these batteries maintained charge in the cold, yet our pricey DSLR camera batteries drop charge in the cold?
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4 years 3 months ago - 4 years 3 months ago #672163 by Nikon Shooter
There is something else you've learned in school possibly
and that you may have forgotten, Pat: chemical reactions
are — for the most part — happening faster and stronger
when in a warmer environment.

To slow down the discharge of the electrochemical com-
pound inside batteries — and, older pros will remember this
applies to films (even with latent images) — your parents
stored them in colder environments.

In the camera, you need the energy the pack holds but can't
deliver when cold!

I keep my 600mm ƒ4 and D850 combo in the truck the who-
le winter but, at the end of a shoot, I will bring in the battery
pack — and the cards, of course.
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 3 months ago #672197 by effron
Although I don't recommend leaving fifteen thousand bucks worth of a lens/camera combo "in the truck", I agree with keeping batteries warm. If its really cold, I put a couple in a pocket with a hand warmer and insert one into the camera when ready to shoot.
Batteries have changed a bit over the years.
Why so serious?
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4 years 3 months ago #672201 by Nikon Shooter

effron wrote: Although I don't recommend leaving fifteen thousand bucks worth of a lens/camera combo "in the truck",

 
Why not?

effron wrote: Batteries have changed a bit over the years.

Chemistry did not and electrochemical compounds, in
their most elementary nature, did not either.
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4 years 3 months ago #672435 by Glen Mosley

Nikon Shooter wrote: There is something else you've learned in school possibly
and that you may have forgotten, Pat: chemical reactions
are — for the most part — happening faster and stronger
when in a warmer environment.

To slow down the discharge of the electrochemical com-
pound inside batteries — and, older pros will remember this
applies to films (even with latent images) — your parents
stored them in colder environments.

In the camera, you need the energy the pack holds but can't
deliver when cold!

I keep my 600mm ƒ4 and D850 combo in the truck the who-
le winter but, at the end of a shoot, I will bring in the battery
pack — and the cards, of course.



Where about in Canada are you from?
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4 years 3 months ago #672470 by effron

Nikon Shooter wrote:

effron wrote: Although I don't recommend leaving fifteen thousand bucks worth of a lens/camera combo "in the truck",

 
Why not?

Seriously?   Theft. Some places aren't bad, like the boonies...where I prefer to live. Most people live near or in cities, and I stand by my recommendation.

Why so serious?
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4 years 3 months ago #672473 by Nikon Shooter

Glen Mosley wrote: Where about in Canada are you from?


Montréal, Québec ! :P
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4 years 3 months ago #672474 by Nikon Shooter

effron wrote: Seriously?   Theft. Some places aren't bad, like the boonies...where I prefer to live. Most people live near or in cities, and I stand by my recommendation.


Yes, for most people, this is horribly true.

But in this part of central Europe, in a little country village, the
criminality is almost inexistent… I feel safe here. No crazy yet!
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 3 months ago #672498 by effron
Glad you added "yet". I'm in a country area, but the crime is reaching out more every day. 
Why so serious?
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4 years 3 months ago #672530 by Nikon Shooter
The back of the truck has black glasses and there
are no markings — not even trade related — on it.
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4 years 3 months ago #672532 by effron
In some places a blacked out glass screams "smash here".....
Why so serious?
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4 years 3 months ago #672533 by Nikon Shooter
Gee… thanks the world is not homogenous!
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