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From: bill@crystal.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Applicability of rechargeable batteries
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Date: Sun, 11-Nov-84 01:12:13 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 11 01:12:13 1984
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> 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
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	William Cox
	Computer Sciences Department
	University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
	bill@uwisc
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