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z wrote:

>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.
>
>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.)

I could have made the toy with an AAA compartment and used AAA cells
instead of an AA compartment containing AA cells with AAA price/
capacity, but (like Mitsubishi), I gave the user what I consider to 
be a better alternative (AA and AAA compartment costs are very close). 


-- 
Guy Macon
<http://www.GuyMacon.com/>