From: Tim Skrastins (timskrastins_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue Feb 01 2005 - 09:52:51 PST
Mine isn't on all that much...just a few minutes each day - say 15 min
a day x 7 days x 3 weeks / 60 minutes = approx 5 hours. This includes
wifi access and lots of backlight too. I'd also say that I've never run
the batteries all the way down, I just swap with freshly charged
batteries when I feel it's prudent. It seems that they show up as a
low% charged for a long time so I'm guessing they challenge the
accuracy of the battery gauge and may have a lot more left in them when
I swap out.
$15 is too much for 2300 mAH Energizers. Go to Target or Walmart and
pick up the 2500 mAH ones for $10 in a 4 pack. I've heard $17-18 for an
8 pack at Sams/Costco but don't have a membership so you'd have to
verify that yourself.
-Tim
On Feb 1, 2005, at 12:36 PM, Robert Viragh wrote:
>>> I use a battery cage and Energizer 2500 mAH rechargeables and am
>>> getting 2-3 weeks off a charge....about 5x longer than my old pack.
>
> How many hours a day would you say your Newton is on for? (ie could
> you rephrase 2-3 weeks in terms of a certain number of hours?)
>
> Does anyone know the nominal power drain of the bare 2100? I couldn't
> find it on apple spec sheets...
>
> Robert.
>
> p.s. Energizer 2300 mAh batteries are $15 a four-pack e.g. here:
> http://store.advancedmart.com/en23mahnireb.html
> how do you charge yours?
>
> --- Tim Skrastins <timskrastins_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> I use a battery cage and Energizer 2500 mAH rechargeables and am
>>> getting 2-3 weeks off a charge....about 5x longer than my old pack.
>>>
>>> -Tim
>>> MP2100
>>>
>>> On Jan 30, 2005, at 5:08 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would get the AA battery tray and use AA batteries.
>>>> Sometimes you can get a set of 20-30 for about $10
>>>> that are nicely divided in to packs of 4.
>>
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