Re: Battery question.

Borgholio <[email protected]>
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>>"Borgholio" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>| Porpoise wrote:
>>| >
>>| > "Borgholio" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>| >> Porpoise wrote:
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>>| >>>
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>>| >>> You mean 12 Ah (1000 * 1/1000ths = 1)    ;-)
>>| >>
>>| >>
>>| >> Well yeah, but they're rated in mAH so that's the figure I use.  :-P
>>| >> I still think that's impressive for a rechargeable NiMH...I'm kinda
>>| >> pissed that I didn't discover them sooner.  I have several 2400mAH
>>| >> batteries in my stockpile.  :-/
>>| >
>>| >
>>| > Yeah, I know what you mean..... pesky digital cameras (battery 
>>eaters).
>>|
>>| Well the AA NiMH batteries are 2 - 3x better than alkaline...so I'm 
>>happy
>>| there.  It's the D-cells that bug me.  I don't understand why Energizer,
>>| Raovac, and other battery companies don't make D-cells with the max
>>capacity
>>| possible.
>>
>>Because they sell more using the lower capacity business model.
>>
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> 
> 
> ***
> Additionally, the capacity is related to the  drain required by the 
> application - LED flashlights vs. motorized toys.
> 
> You do not require a high capacity battery for something that has low drain 
> LEDs or similar load. And anyway the higher the capacity the more it is 
> going to cost.
> 

Good point.  I don't mind paying for the higher capacity...I mean imagine 
how long six 12,000mAH batteries will last in my Coleman camping lantern.  :)
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