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- From: wytten@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Dale Wyttenbach)
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- Subject: Re: [Gameboy, GameGear, Lynx]: Do you Nicads on your handheld?
- Message-ID: <wytten.722121056@umn-cs>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 21:10:56 GMT
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- In <1992Nov18.155217.14982@bnr.ca> woodcock@crchh427.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Gregg Woodcock) writes:
- >I do exactly the same thing. I think the reason this "advice" is always
- >included nowadays on all battery-powered devices is that mischarging your
- >batteries (putting them in backwards) can cause the batteries to break open
- >and ooze acid all over the device (and possibly destroy it). The reverse
- >polarity can also destroy the device.
-
- You may be right, but aren't NiCads slightly less voltage than their
- alkaline counterparts? I thought maybe this was why that warning was
- often seen on electronic devices. I think NiCad AA's are 1.2vdc vs.
- 1.5vdc for alkaline AA's.
-
- Of course, the bottom line is if it works, go for it.
-
- dale
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