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Rechargeable Batteries
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Fri, 3 Aug 2001 01:24:10 GMT
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CAGGIANO@CRYSTAL-saynotospamOBJECTS.COM
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Hello,
I'm at the point now where I need to get rechargeable batteries for the
RCX. The alkaline's are just now making it anymore.
Are Nicads OK or should I go the extra step and get nickel metal
hydrides (Ni-MH)? How are radio shack's batteries and chargers?
thanks, regards
--
Frank Caggiano "The best education for the best
caggiano@crystal-objects.com is the best education for all."
http://www.crystal-objects.com/ Robert M. Hutchins
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http://www.crystal-objects.com/logo/logoring.html
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Message has 5 Replies:
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| (...) Nicads have a lower cell voltage (1.2 rather than 1.5), so they won't work very well in the RCX. Personally I use rechargeable alkaline cells (e.g. Ray-o-vac Renewal batteries). The downside to rechargeable alkalines are that they don't have (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | Re: Rechargeable Batteries
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| (...) Frank, I would *not* use Nicads or NiMH rechargeables. Their full-charge voltage is about 1.25V while alkaline batteries are about 1.55. I have Ray-O-Vac Rechargeable Alkaline batteries. They last several hours of operating time between (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | Re: Rechargeable Batteries
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| Hi Frank; Do you have a 1.0 RCX? If so you can do what I did. I used 3 4.5v battery rods with NiMh (9 total) and a custom wire to power my RCXs. It works great for me because I am using multiple RCXs off one power source (I have removed the RCX AA (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | Re: Rechargeable Batteries
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| In article <3B69FD3A.3DA7E73A@c...ects.com>, "Frank Caggiano" <caggiano@crystal-objects.com> wrote: I'm surprised no one has mentioned rechargable lithium as used in, e.g., laptops. Rather expensive, but the hold a fair amount of charge. Would they (...) (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | Re: Rechargeable Batteries
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| Thanks to everyone who responded to this. As is usually the case on the web there was unanimous consent for ... Only kidding. I haven't yet decided how to go on this. I still have a bunch of alkaline AA's sitting around and with the kids starting (...) (23 years ago, 8-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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