Re: [NTLK] NiMH and battery gauge

From: Stainless Steel Rat (ratinox_at_peorth.gweep.net)
Date: Mon Jul 09 2001 - 16:38:35 EDT


* "Peter Cameron" <pdwcameron_at_hotmail.com> on Sun, 08 Jul 2001
| I tried the Radio Shack 1600 mAh cells in my MP2100 and found they were
| fine except if you use the backlight a lot or use a modem. They drain
| quickly under heavy load and don't recover well. I'm having much better luck
| (read longer battery life) with Radio Shack 1000 mAh NiCads.

That is not suprising. Ni-Cd is still the best cell type for high-drain
devices like modems and network adaptors.

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