>My battery for my 2100 died so I switched to a charger and NiCads from=20
>Radioslack. I charge em in their own charger over night. My question is
my=20
>newt only reads them as alkiline and at about 60% when new and fresh. Am
I=20
>crazy, do I have a bad batch, is my newt deep sixing or is there some=20
>reason.....
This is normal. 100% for alcalines means 6 volts, 100% for NiMH's means 4.8
volts.
As your MP thinks there are alkalines installed, it reports less than 100%.
You might want to get an application to change the battery type as someone
else suggested. Otherwise the Newton's automatic shutoff due to empty
batteries
occurs a bit too late, i. e. at a time when the rechargeables have been
discharged
deeper than they should.
Frank
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