Re: Best nicads??

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From: Mark Walsh
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:44

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From article <1992Dec15.161824.7507@cc.gatech.edu>, by byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff):

> I don't think that's the version referred to. RS has a line of high capacity
> NiCads (from memory of the 1993 catalog):

> Size:     Amp Hours
> -----     ---------
> D         4.3
> C         2.0
> AA        1.6 (I think) 

Actually, the high capacity AA is .850 amp hours.

> I'm planning on using a battery pack with the D size batteries for a computer
> I'm building.

These babies are expensive.  For the D's, you are talking
eight bucks each.  Why not just use a camcorder battery?
RS has a cellular phone battery that is 12V, 2300mAH for
forty bucks.  I bet that this would work well for a
computer.  Does anybody know about the laptop PC batteries?
-- 
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