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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Battery Acid Timebomb
- Date: 31 Jan 1996 10:04:42 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4enbba$cbt@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <4efa0d$apr@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4efgfh$ou3@serpens.rhein.de> <1996Jan30.222927.15109@combdyn.com>
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- Keywords: acid, motherboard, batteries, grief, despair
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- lawrence@combdyn.com (Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen) writes:
-
- >What I want to know is the A3000 capable of charging regular 1.2V nicad
- >cells (AA).
-
- Yes, it is. Just use 3 of them.
-
- >I have a feeling that the mAH rating of the soldered in 3.6V pack is
- >considerably less than AA NiCads.....so the Amiga is probably putting out
- >less than C/20 for AA cells.
-
- The loading circuit in the A3000 doesn't use a constant current. The
- maximum current with an empty battery is about 5 milliAmps.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
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