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Re: Rechargable batteries
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sun, 22 Oct 2000 13:40:39 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Guido Heunen writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I just bought a set of 6 AA 1600mAH rechargable batteries together with
> one rechar. bat. 9V 150 mAH. I tested if the whole bunch would work
> in my cybermaster unit and the radio tower. Well, nothing happens to the
> cybermaster. The tower unit is blinking (it's led) but the cybermaster
> does not blink at all. I wrote a small program (which was tested with normal
> batt. and worked correctly) to check the status of both the tower and
> cybermaster.
> The tower (although blinking) gives no positive check as well as the
> cybermaster unit (not blinking).
> 
> Is there anyone who has a solution to this.
> 
> Maybe someone had the same problem with the RXC?
> 
> Ps. when i use the 6 AA rechar. batt. in my codepilot it works perfectly. The
> same holds for the rechar. batt. 9V in for example my monorail. So, i
concluded

I have uesd the everyready renewal batteries in my RCX without problems

> that the batteries should be working.
> 
> Guido



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Rechargable batteries
 
(...) We had this discussion (in the context of RCX) a few weeks ago. To summarise: Alkaline (non-rechargable) AA's are 1.5v when new but gradually run down to about 1.2v or even less when 'flat'. A few brave people have actually built rechargers (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Rechargable batteries
 
Hi, I just bought a set of 6 AA 1600mAH rechargable batteries together with one rechar. bat. 9V 150 mAH. I tested if the whole bunch would work in my cybermaster unit and the radio tower. Well, nothing happens to the cybermaster. The tower unit is (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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