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Article #1160Re: Fake Caps
From: Mr.T
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:19
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:19
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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message news:00066257$0$31410$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com... > 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. Partly true, there are however cheap plastic shells available if you really wanted to use C cells in your D cell device. The whole point of using D cells of course is to give longer battery duration, and I doubt most people realised they were substituting C cells that were simply cased to fit a D cell holder. The weight was a dead give away if you knew of course. MrT.
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