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RCX Battery Source
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:22:57 GMT
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Hi All,
My old cellular "bag-phone" died a while back and I replaced
it with a nice teeny tiny PCS phone.
I had bought the 12V 2.3Ah sealed lead battery as an option
with the original phone. It is WAY smaller than the 4Ah
monsters I'm using for development now...
The dimensions are about 7 x 2.5 x 1 inches.
I'm just passing this along as yet another source for batteries.
You might go to a local cell phone place and see if they have any
you can beg or borrow since they are generally discarded after
folks trade in leased phones.
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| my rcx works fine with a universal ac to dc wall outlet. it has a switch to change the voltage. i've got it set at 9v and it operates at 800mA max. i figured 6 batteries x 1.5v =9v. i think it was originally for a keyboard (musical instrument, not (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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