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| Is the RCX considered a "high-drain" or "moderate-drain" device? If one is using the motors, I'd almost say yes, but how does frequency of use factor into this? Is anyone using rechargeable NiMH batteries in their RCX? What kind of performance to (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) The stalling current of the Lego geared motors is about 250 mA. LIghtly loaded they approach zero. (...) NiMH last about half as long as alkaline. We get ours from ThomasDistributing.com and they now have 1800 mAh AAs. Bruce (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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