on 11/11/02 01:05, Bungalow930_at_aol.com at Bungalow930_at_aol.com wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I've noticed that after I recharge my alkalines and put them back in my 2000,
> I seem to get a constant 100% level from Avi's. Odd, since, on their first
> use, the battery power indicator worked perfectly.
>
> Any fixes/packages to remedy this?
What do you mean, the level never goes below 100%? Or takes way too long?
That could be the voltage of those batteries. I'm no expert in the battery
field, but different types of batteries have different characteristics.
Avi's Backdrop was designed when only regular alkaline and NiMH were used in
a Newton. It is most likely designed to handle the differences between those
2 types. But if rechargeable alkaline have different power characteristics
(which I don't know), Avi's Backdrop is maybe fooled because it expects
regular alkaline, thus the strange reading.
-Laurent.
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