Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!fortune!robert From: robert@fortune.UUCP (Robert Clark) Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.physics Subject: Applicability of rechargeable batteries Message-ID: <4603@fortune.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 16:27:58 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.4603 Posted: Thu Nov 8 16:27:58 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 07:25:20 EST References: <1789@garfield.UUCP> <488@aluxe.UUCP> <392@ihu1h.UUCP> Reply-To: robert@fortune.UUCP (Robert Clark) Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 12 Summary: 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. Robert Clark UUCP: {sri-unix, amd, hpda, harpo, ihnp4, allegra}!fortune!robert DDD: (415) 594-2822 USPS: Fortune Systems Corp, 101 Twin Dolphin Pkwy, Redwood Shores, CA 94065