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Article #5101Re: Panasonic speakerphone forbids alkaline batteries
From: Mike Ardai
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 1990 14:44
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 1990 14:44
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In article <35313@vrdxhq.verdix.com> bill@vrdxhq.verdix.com (William Spencer) writes: -in article <1990Jul7.231235.6125@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) says: -> Picky, picky, picky. :-) There are various wet-cell chemistries around, -> most of them with fairly specialized uses only. (For example, there's one -> that uses plain salt water as the electrolyte. -While we're getting picturesque, I saw a radio designed for nuclear survival. I was just on an airplane flight, and the batteries that powered the blinky lights on the floatation vests used salt water as both the electrolyte and the power switch. As soon as the vest hits the water, it enters the battery and turns on the light. /mike -- \|/ Michael L. Ardai Teradyne EDA East --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- /|\ ...!sun!teda!ardai (preferred) or ardai@bu-pub.bu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!vsi1!teda!ardai From: ardai@teda.UUCP (Mike Ardai) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Panasonic speakerphone forbids alkaline batteries Message-ID: <11319@teda.UUCP> Date: 16 Jul 90 14:44:40 GMT References: <1990Jul7.231235.6125@zoo.toronto.edu> <35313@vrdxhq.verdix.com> Reply-To: ardai@teda.UUCP (Mike Ardai) Organization: Teradyne, EDA Lines: 16