Re: [NTLK] AA NiCd battery source

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu Jun 12 2003 - 12:26:33 PDT


Quoting Anton Aylward <anton_at_the-wire.com>:

> On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 14:25, Jerry Lorengo wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm looking for suggestions on where is the best place
> > to get AA NiCd batteries for my MP130. I would prefer
> > greater than 1000mAh cells?
>
> What country are you in Jerry?
>
> Radioshack and Futureshow/BestBuy in North America carry 1700 and
> 1800mAh on their display racks for the "usual" personal electronic
> devices such as cameras, PDAs, personal music devices and so forth.
>
> I'm sure I've seen 2000mAh in some retail store like that. No need for
> speciality stores.

Jerry is looking for NiCads, though. It sounds like Anton is talking about
NiMH cells, which will NOT work with the MP130's charging circuit.

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