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Re: Pure Energy & the RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:13:26 GMT
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I fully concur. They seem to work well initially, but managing a set of
them is fraught with peril. It wouldn't be so bad if there was a "bad
battery" tester. But there isn't. So some freak battery that isn't cutting
it gets in your pack, and you can't find it. But the pack won't work as a
set for long. There is no way to find the bad one. I even made a single
battery tester consisting of a motor that would run on 1.5 v, and I still
had a hard time.
It is really too bad. I think the battery industry is very "bad" in
general, and try to keep competitors out. So you hear all sorts of FUD when
a new thing comes along, and there is the usual attempts to keep competitors
off shelves.
But here is the real question: Why didn't LEGO make the batteries separate
from the RCX? Changing batts in a built-up creation is a nightmare. We
should be able to have a battery pack and just swap it. Then we could make
a 7-cell NiCd pack to replace the 6 (8.4v vs 9.0) in the RCX, and we could
have several. I am actually surprised that more people don't discuss this,
and LEGO doesn't recognize the flexibility such modularity would have. Of
course, they would need to have some kind of female connector.
--Jack Gregory
Kevin Maynes <ERASETHISBITkmaynes@powersurfr.com> wrote in message
news:FLC2Jz.IKJ@lugnet.com...
> Regarding Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries:
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> DON'T USE THEM DON'T USE THEM DON'T USE THEM DON'T USE THEM
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| (...) Yep, and when one is bad, it takes down the rest of 'em... (...) Don't know about retail and shelf space and so on, but I know there's one distributor that gets first pick of all sub-c Sanyo NiCd's that come off the line.... (...) Well, that's (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Pure Energy & the RCX
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| It's strange to see you describe the "how to find the bad cell" problem with reference to Alkaline cells, then go right on and suggest the use of Ni-Cad battery packs! Ni-Cad battery packs have the same problem that any other type of serial (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Regarding Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries: DON'T USE THEM DON'T USE THEM DON'T USE THEM DON'T USE THEM Wh- ..Why? you ask, bewildered. Well, I suppose maybe my reaction is a bit strong, but I absolutely hate these batteries. They're a nightmare to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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