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Re: Battery Tests
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 11 Apr 2001 08:38:21 GMT
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Andy Gombos <gombos_2000@(Spamcake)yahoo.com>
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"Micah J. Mabelitini" wrote:
> Ahui Herrera wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone done any battery tests to determine which brand of battery last
> > longer in an RCX? I have a demo at work early next month that will be an
> > 8-hour show in which people can come up to our booth and play with several
> > robots we have via the LEGO remote control and push buttons. I am wondering
> > how many batteries I need to purchase and if there is a differnce in the
> > following:
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> > 1) Duracel
> > 2) Engerizer
> > 3) Engerizer Titaium
> > 4) Engerizer Photo Litium
> >
> > My gut tells me to go with Engerizer Titaium as I have used this brand for
> > many years now and have been happy with them. Duracel suscks IMOP. I have
> > never put any batteries in my RCX as I have been lucky to only use the AC
> > adapter and not worry the battery hogs that I have heard the RCXs are. Any
> > help would be appreciated.
>
> Although I've made no empirical tests, I've had the best results with
> Duracell Ultra in the RCX. I've never used Energizer Titaniums in an RCX
> before, but I have used them in a pair of Motorola T6300 two-way FRS
> radios, and noticed no significant difference between them and standard Energizers.
I have used Titaniums in my RCX, and they perform noticeably *worse* than regular
Energizer. I have had great success and battery life using Rayovac Alkalines, running
motors for 2 hours with no problem. I think that Duracells performed a little worse.
Andy
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> --
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> Regards
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> Micah J. Mabelitini - LUGNET #918 - accutron@kih.net
> The University of Kentucky - SECC Middlesboro ASRC
> http://www.users.kih.net/~micahx/brickdreams/
> http://www.users.kih.net/~micahx/rcxbug/
--
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| (...) regular (...) Alkalines, running (...) little worse. I had similar results with a CD player and E2's. Standard NiCds lasted longer than the E2's! Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Gombos <gombos_2000@yahoo.com> To: (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Although I've made no empirical tests, I've had the best results with Duracell Ultra in the RCX. I've never used Energizer Titaniums in an RCX before, but I have used them in a pair of Motorola T6300 two-way FRS radios, and noticed no (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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