Author: Albert Silver
Date: 19:20:42 02/21/02
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On February 21, 2002 at 20:09:20, Christophe Theron wrote:
>On February 21, 2002 at 13:48:34, Albert Silver wrote:
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>>On February 21, 2002 at 12:53:06, Thorsten Czub wrote:
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>>>On February 21, 2002 at 11:39:49, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>Why 3 pairs? I was using 2 pairs with my PalmIIIx and it was just fine. I had
>>>>bought a 4 pack at approximately $10. You also need the charger (generally $20).
>>>>Do you mean that Genius uses less power?
>>>
>>>>If so, then sorry but this is bullshit. They are both using 100% of the CPU when
>>>>they are thinking, and thus us approximately the same amount of battery power.
>>>>The rest of what you say is fine, but this remark is not.
>>>
>>>wrong.
>>>
>>>chesstiger uses more power because of the hash table.
>>>
>>>when i play, after 2 tournament games (the palm is overclocked)
>>>the accu cells are risky to use. i change to the next one.
>>>
>>>and - have still ONE pair in my pocket ...
>>>
>>>2 pairs are a little dangerous. also when you play with pair 1
>>>and pair 2 is loaded, and suddenly pair 1 gives up, what to do ??
>>>
>>>no - 3 pairs IMO minimum. and the charger of course.
>>
>>I will add a couple of things on this as I use NiMH batteries fro my digital
>>camera. First of all you can get much greater storage space than 700 mAh.
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>I doubt that you can find AAA batteries of 1500mAh storage.
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>The one I have can hold 500mAh each, so that gives the pair a 1000mAh capacity.
>
>Have you really found 1500mAh AAA batteries???
No, I was referring to AA batteries. I checked and saw 700 mAh AAAs though.
>> I
>>recently bought a set of 4 batteries with 1500 mAh storage, but I have seen 1800
>>mAh ones for sale also now. I also use the speed charger by PowerHaus and have
>>been very satisfied with it, so instead of 12 hours to recharge the miserable
>>little things, it now takes 1-2 hours.
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>
>I do not have a good dedicated charger. The charger I have sends the right
>current to charge NiMH, but has no automatic stop.
>
>So I had to add a timer to the charger. I charge the 2 AAA batteries in 12
>hours. Charging this way allows for a small charge current, so it is not really
>a problem to overcharge a little bit.
>
>With higher charge currents, like the one you need to charge them in 1-2 hours,
>you need to be extremely careful to stop charging when the battery is full, or
>else you kill the battery very quickly.
>
>So you definitely need a high quality, specialized charger.
Nah. The charger I spoke of has an automatic stop and is fairly cheap. No
complaints and it does charge 1500 mAh batteries in 1-2 hours.
Albert
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> Christophe
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>> A good place to find out more information
>>on rechargeable batteries and to buy them is http://www.greenbatteries.com
>>
>> Albert
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Yes, I would advice the Nokia 8210 (or 8290 in the USA, or the sexier model
>>>>8310) as a mobile phone doing really well with the Palm. The IR port of the
>>>>Nokia makes communication easy with the Palm's IR port: no cable to plug when
>>>>you want to connect to the Net.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christophe
>>>
>>>right.
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