Re: [NTLK] Using NiMH; building new supply (was: battery reconditioning)

From: Jesse Garnier (jgarnier_at_mac.com)
Date: Mon May 06 2002 - 17:51:40 EDT


Hmm... Recalling something ooW wrote not long ago (about AA batteries all
being different lengths), is it possible that the batteries are too short
and aren't long enough to make contact with the terminals? Perhaps it's a
physical problem rather than a "juice" problem?

--Jesse

Michael 'Mickey' Sattler wrote not long ago (5/6/02 4:40 PM):

>>> I also have the original battery cage. If I buy four NiMH batteries,
>>> charge them in an external charger, and put them in the cage, will
>>> this work...
>>
>> This is what I do and it works fine.
>
> Interesting. This *doesn't* work for me. The juice supplied by the
> Radio Shack brand of NiMH fails to run the Newton, wheras alkaline
> cells do work. These NiMH work just fine in my kid's toys, though.
> Wierd.

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