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Rechargeable batteries and the RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:26:30 GMT
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Laura O'Grady <l.ogrady@sympatico.ca/NoSpam/>
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Does anyone have any comments about using rechargeable batteries in the
RCX? Has anyone had any bad experiences with this? Can anyone recommend
whether NiMH is better or worse than NiCd? Thanks.
Laura
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Rechargeable batteries and the RCX
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| Thanks for asking this question. I've been meaning to do so myself. One of the books shows a modified RCX using a 9.6v RC battery pack. Another (or possibly the same one) talks about someone who increased the voltage of rechargables by using 5 AA, 1 (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Rechargeable batteries and the RCX
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| (...) Definitely use NiMH's. NiCd's are a problem - they only generate 1.2 volts instead of the usual 1.5 of disposable batteries - and I've found that this *sometimes* causes problems with the RCX. I'm not sure exactly what the situations where it (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Rechargeable batteries and the RCX
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| Thanks to all that responded to my questions regarding batteries. I was concerned about a post I read in rec.toys.lego in which someone reported problems after switching to alkaline rechargeable batteries (the post can be seen at the following URL): (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Rechargeable batteries and the RCX
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| (...) NiCd batteries are cheap, but that's about the only advantage to them. I'd suggest either NiMH or rechargeable alkaline depending on your usage habits. I actually use both types of batteries, but I probably won't bother replacing the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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