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- Subject: Re: nicads for Gameboy?
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- From: manningc@procor.dialogic.com (Charles Manning)
- Date: 11 Jan 93 20:26:11 GMT
- Reply-To: manningc@procor.dialogic.com (Charles Manning)
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- >>>The manual for Gameboy says not to use nicad batteries.
- [Stuff deleted]
- >
- >Ni-cads have a lower nominal voltage (1.2) than alkalines do (1.5), so if
- >you have 4 of them, you are almost a full volt less than with alkalines.
- >If the game will run ok with ni-cads, there's nothing wrong with using
- >them.
- >
- Maybe nicads are OK for the GameBoy but be warned. NiCads have extremely
- low internal resistance, so they are capable of supplying very high
- inrush currents. Some circuits may suffer though I've used NiCads in most
- equipment eg. photo flashes, walkman, radio recievers etc. without causing
- problems even though some of these have warned not to use NiCads.
-
-
- Charles
-
- BTW Jason, its a good thing that 4*(1.5V-1.2V) is less than 1 volt. It
- could get pretty serious if it was 1.2 V.
-