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Article #1159Re: Fake Caps
From: K Ludger
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:51
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:51
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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message news:00066257$0$31410$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com... > Mr.T wrote: >> "z" <gzuckier@snail-mail.net> wrote in message >> news:73304324-e56f-4de3-9e69-708e9781f5cb@c9g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >>> oops, i remembered wrong; all the D cells were just C cells in fat >>> suits, not AA cells, except the Radio Shack. >>> http://pheatt.emporia.edu/projects/battery/ConsumerReports_1294a.pdf >>> that's still damn weird. >> >> Nothing weird about companies trying to deceive customers in order to >> maximise profits. The crooks have done it since day one, and will >> probably >> still be scamming on the eve of Armageddon! >> >> MrT. >> >> > > In the case of rechargables, it's arguable that it wasn't really a scam. > The cells usually state their capacity on the casing. > > If you want rechargable cells for an appliance that takes D cells, then C > cells won't cut it - you need D cells even if they only have the same > capacity as C cells. > > Sylvia. > Are you sure Sylvia, these work fine for me: http://www.greenbatteries.com/battery-adapter.html Depends on the appliance of course. What appliances do you have that take D's?
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X-Google-Thread: 112d1e,3914718711e9d0cc X-Google-Thread: 103407,3914718711e9d0cc X-Google-Attributes: gid112d1e,gid103407,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: "K Ludger" <hgjhg@bjhgl.com> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,aus.electronics References: <dOjwl.81924$aZ3.48317@newsfe01.iad> <264bd93a-3961-4b15-99af-cbdd309db523@q16g2000yqg.googlegroups.com> <73304324-e56f-4de3-9e69-708e9781f5cb@c9g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> <49c1fbce$0$4046$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <00066257$0$31410$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> Subject: Re: Fake Caps Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:51:32 +0900 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Lines: 41 Message-ID: <49c231c7$0$5636$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.206.120.189 X-Trace: 1237463495 per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au 5636 203.206.120.189