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- From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
- Subject: Re: Best nicads??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.131021.19612@panix.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 13:10:21 GMT
- References: <1992Dec10.083347.10926@hemlock.cray.com> <rich.724149537@pencil>
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- Keywords: nicad
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- In article <rich.724149537@pencil> rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel) writes:
- >In <1992Dec10.083347.10926@hemlock.cray.com> n3022@cray.com (Jim Knoll) writes:
- >>Can someone tell me if there is a possible FAQ that rates the
- >>different manufacturers of nicad batteries according to quality,
- >>power output, etc.?
- >
- >Consumer Reports ran an article on batteries about a year ago, I think
- >it was nov 91. They tested standard, alkaline and nicad batteries.
- >I seem to recall radio shack (gasp) had among the best nicads, especially
- >in the D size, which were something like twice the capacity of all other
- >D sized nicads. The reason is that other brands' D nicads were actually
- >C sized nicads camouflaged in D cases.
- >Well worth reading.
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- Are you sure the Radio Shack endorsement didn't just apply to their alkaline
- cells? The Radio Shack D nicads are =AA= cells in D cases!
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