check out this information I sent a while back on
Duracell batteries and different battery lengths:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=newtontalk&m=100810727632599&w=2
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- Jesse Garnier <jgarnier_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
> Hmm... Recalling something ooW wrote not long ago
> (about AA batteries all
> being different lengths), is it possible that the
> batteries are too short
> and aren't long enough to make contact with the
> terminals? Perhaps it's a
> physical problem rather than a "juice" problem?
>
> --Jesse
>
> Michael 'Mickey' Sattler wrote not long ago (5/6/02
> 4:40 PM):
>
> >>> I also have the original battery cage. If I buy
> four NiMH batteries,
> >>> charge them in an external charger, and put
> them in the cage, will
> >>> this work...
> >>
> >> This is what I do and it works fine.
> >
> > Interesting. This *doesn't* work for me. The juice
> supplied by the
> > Radio Shack brand of NiMH fails to run the Newton,
> wheras alkaline
> > cells do work. These NiMH work just fine in my
> kid's toys, though.
> > Wierd.
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