From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.int)
Date: Wed Sep 29 2004 - 00:25:35 PDT
You are talking about the rechargeable alkalines.
They are great, but never ever try to charge them inside the Newt (using a
modified AA tray).
For this kind of batteries a special dedicated charger is definitely a must.
But I do not understand why you are telling that you have no use for the
Newt power adapter.
I would use it while the batteries are in the external charger...
Cheers
Johannes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Scott Lewis
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:40 PM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] a question about batteries
> On Sep 27, 2004, at 3:27 PM, Riccardo Mori wrote:
> > these batteries -- they can't keep their full charge anymore, so i
> > wanted to buy new ones. in stores, though, i often happen to find
> > batteries (NiCd and NiMH) which usually have higher mAH values (like
> > 1300 or 1900 for the NiMH and 700 or 900 for the NiCd). can i use these
>
> As many people on list have already mentioned, the higher the rating,
> the longer the life of the battery - with no harm to your Newt. I have
> the reverse situation - I have the Newton charger, but was given a sled
> for AA only - I have no rechargeable Newton battery. I don't use it,
> because I have no idea what would happen given the batteries I use -
> not sure what they would or would not get recognized as, although I
> presume it would just treat them as alkaline's, since it's in the AA
> sled.
> The reason for my reply though, is that I can't recommend these
> batteries enough. They are not the cheapest, but they last awhile, and
> charge faster than anything:
> Rayovac's I-C3 system (never anywhere are they branded as NiMH, so I
> assume they aren't). The charger is about $40 from CompUSA, and the
> batteries come $15 per 4 at CompUSA as well. They charge in 15 minutes
> flat, and last as long as any off the shelf NiMH I've ever bought from
> CompUSA.
> Buy.com seems to have them cheapest in non-retail stores (BestBuy and
> Circuit City also carry them in-store.)
> Buy.com has them for $10.65 for the batteries and $30.23 for the
> charger. The charger will charge regular NiMH batteries (ie: non-I-C3
> batteries), but it's an overnight charger in that case). Batteries from
> Rayovac are rated at 1000 charges. Before this, I used to use their 1
> hour charger, which could charge ANY NiMH AA or AAA in 1 hour. They
> still sell that as well, since it's very useful if you have existing
> NiMHs.
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