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- From: ghg@en.ecn.purdue.edu (George Goble)
- Subject: Re: Best nicads??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.191144.27567@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1992Dec12.131021.19612@panix.com> <13635@optilink.COM> <1992Dec15.161824.7507@cc.gatech.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 19:11:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec15.161824.7507@cc.gatech.edu> byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) writes:
- >In article <13635@optilink.COM> walsh@optilink.COM (Mark Walsh) writes:
- >>From article <1992Dec12.131021.19612@panix.com>, by schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster):
- >>> In article <rich.724149537@pencil> rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel) writes:
- >>
- >>#>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.
- >>
- >>> 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!
- >>
- >>From the 1993 Radio Shack catalog:
- >>
- >>Size Amp hours
- >>----------------------
- >>D 1.250
- >>C 1.250
- >>9V 0.065
- >>AA 0.650
- >>AAA 0.180
- >>N 0.150
- >>--
- >>Mark Walsh (walsh@optilink) -- UUCP: uunet!optilink!walsh
- >>AOL: BigCookie -- Amateur Radio: KM6XU@WX3K -- USCF: L10861
- >>"What, me worry?" - William M. Gaines, 1922-1992
- >
- >I don't think that's the version referred to. RS has a line of high capacity
- >NiCads (from memory of the 1993 catalog):
- >
- >Size: Amp Hours
- >----- ---------
- >D 4.3
- >C 2.0
- >AA 1.6 (I think)
- >
- >note the D and C sizes have different capacities.
- >
- >These are Gold with Blue writing not the normal purple ones.
- >
- >I'm planning on using a battery pack with the D size batteries for a computer
- >I'm building.
- >
-
- The Radio Shaft "High-CAP" D cells are great (4AH). They were even on
- sale for $4.95 in Aug, so I went to all three stores and bought 'em all
- out (3 or 4 in each store)..Non sale price is $7.95 I think. "commercial"
- 4AH D nicads are $12-$13 or so. Of course, during the "sale" none of the
- stores could get any. I took this to mean they were being discontinued.
- I did get one store manager to order 15 of them for me at the sale
- price though.
-
- Back in '87 I built a portable terminal, which used 18 of the RS
- High-CAP D's.. It has a Zenith Z-181 Laptop, a Telebit trailblazer,
- and a cell phone. Runs great.. Still on the original cells since
- '87. They only get cycled 4-5 times/year... holds the charge for
- months.
-
- The non "high-cap" cells at RS, are the same junk everybody else
- peddles, with the D being a C inside.. You can pick up a C and a D
- and if they weigh the same, you know what is going on. The High-CAP
- D cells are HEAVY.
-
- Alexander battery sells a cell-phone pack for $42 which has six
- "A sub F" (like AA, but 0.1 inch larger diameter) which are 1.5 AH!
- instead of the usual 0.5-0.6 AH. I asked Alexander (local rep)
- if one can get individual cells, but they are still trying..to find out.
-
- For now, I suppose one has to buy the pack (CL4038-UC) and
- "mine" them for the 6 cells. One can also buy a CL4038-SK
- (it is a little less than 2X the price), and "mine" twelve cells
- from that pack. (800) 247-1821 or (515) 423-8955.
- --ghg
-