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Article #1182Re: Fake Caps
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Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:12
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On Mar 19, 3:18 pm, Guy Macon <http://www.GuyMacon.com/> wrote: > Mr.T wrote: > > >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. > > There actually is a legitimate function for a small battery in a > larger shell. When Mattel ships toys that have a "try me" feature, > we of course have to include batteries, but as usual with toys, > every penny counts (some toys are produced at rates exceeding > 100,000 per hour), so a cheaper, lower-capacity nbattery in a > larger battery compartment makes sense. Not only is the battery > cheaper, but the container ship from China charges a bit less > if the container weighs less. > > -- > Guy Macon > <http://www.GuyMacon.com/> My previous car came like that (Plymouth Sapporo, made by Mitsubishi). Had a tiny battery like out of a motorcycle, with a sheet metal spacer to fill out the rest of the room under the regular size battery holddown; sure enough died 11 months later, first cold spell of the next winter. Still covered under warranty, but the dealer pointed out that he would just give me another of those midget batteries which would die in another year, so I bought a real live regular size battery. (After that, though, the car never gave me any trouble at all for like another ten years.)
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