Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site crystal.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!crystal!bill From: bill@crystal.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.physics Subject: Re: Applicability of rechargeable batteries Message-ID: <371@crystal.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Nov-84 01:12:13 EST Article-I.D.: crystal.371 Posted: Sun Nov 11 01:12:13 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Nov-84 22:16:54 EST References: <1789@garfield.UUCP> <488@aluxe.UUCP> <392@ihu1h.UUCP> <4603@fortune.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 25 > Are there any consumer electronic devices that will not work properly, or > that will not work well using NiCad batteries due to the lower voltage > supplied by these cells? I have noticed that an FM walkman that I have > stops working suddenly at a certain point in the life of normal batteries, > even though the same batteries will still operate other devices ok for a > while longer. My Olympus "Quick 310 Auto-Flash" flash unit says (well, actually, the instruction book has printed in it) DO NOT USE NiCads!!! They will harm this flash unit. I have no idea why. I would appreciate MAIL from anyone who knows, or has tried (successfully or un-) NiCads in an Olympus flash unit. William Cox Computer Sciences Department University of Wisconsin, Madison WI bill@uwisc ...{ihnp4,seismo,allegra}!uwvax!bill -- William Cox Computer Sciences Department University of Wisconsin, Madison WI bill@uwisc ...{ihnp4,seismo,allegra}!uwvax!bill