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Re: Rechargeable batteries and the RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 13 Jul 2002 15:54:18 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail./IHateSpam/net>
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Laura O'Grady wrote:
> 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.
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
fails are though - maybe room temperature, load, how well charged they are?
Anyway - I know quite a few people have reported problems too - so it's not
just me.
NiMH's work fine though - I use them a lot.
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 | | RE: Rechargeable batteries and the RCX -- Firmware error
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| Our class uses NiMH batteries. Haven't seen any problem... but we do have one problem off and on and I guess that could be related. On one RCX, we do get an error that the firmware needs to be downloaded quite often, and the battery level on the RCX (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Rechargeable batteries and the RCX
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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 (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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