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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
 Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 04:17:11
...you spend half an hour with your Dell hooked up to the Mic in on your microcassete recorder recording MP3s onto a 30 minute microcassete tape that sounds like AM radio so that you can listen to them on the way to university. Ah well, just wait till i get the money to get some 1.5V rechargable batteries! Ahhh I tell you there's nothing better than flying down a long straight path at a million miles an hour listening to LeAnn Rimes and AC/DC.  -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 04:18:27
Btw, do 1.5V rechargable AAs even EXIST???-------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 05:34:13
No, but the 1.2 V batteries will work.
Get them from an electronics store, a NiMH cell rated at 1800-2000 mAh will set you back about 4 bucks.~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 06:24:59
I was under the impression that all AAs were 1.5VOfficial 68k videographer
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 06:43:51
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I was under the impression that all AAs were 1.5V
The Alkalines, yes. But it's a Form Factor, not a voltage spec.NIMH cells are 1.2v in most of the common packages, NiCads too, IIRC. jt  .
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 14:07:18
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No, but the 1.2 V batteries will work.
Get them from an electronics store, a NiMH cell rated at 1800-2000 mAh will set you back about 4 bucks.~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
No they don't. For some reason its really fussy about the difference between 8x 1.2v and 8x 1.5v. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 14:45:34
EIGHT BATTERIES FOR A CASSETTE PLAYER?!I cannot imagine how tired you get from that.
IIRC, doesn't the 1.2V have something to do with the battery's ability that it is rechargeable? I'm so very bad with all those electrical things... ~The Penguin **| Want free 68kmla email? Drop me a line |**
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Clinton
Full Member
USA
700 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 14:48:07
why on earth ar eyou using a minicasettte player anyway???use a minidisk player if anything!!! CCC Lieutennant Commander (Pronounced Leftennant)
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 14:55:21
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No, but the 1.2 V batteries will work.
Get them from an electronics store, a NiMH cell rated at 1800-2000 mAh will set you back about 4 bucks.~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
No they don't. For some reason its really fussy about the difference between 8x 1.2v and 8x 1.5v.
Try stuffing some 1/2 AA ringers in the rotten lil' B@$#@%D then!  AA 1/2AA #Cells 8 + 0 = 8 x 1.5v = 12v
8 + 0 = 8 x 1.2v = 9.6v
7 + 2 = 9 x 1.2v = 10.8v
6 + 4 = 10 x 1.2v = 12v
5 + 6 = 11 x 1.2v = 13.2v
4 + 8 = 12 x 1.2v = 14.4v jt ™.
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boredomconquersall
Full Member
Canada
613 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 15:03:52
ahem...
OLD NiCads were 1.5V, NEW ones are 1.2, and they are STIL more expensive than NiMH, and they still have about HALF the capacity of NiMH! blmuh. BTW, NiMH batteries can get to about 1.7V if you get them hot enough, but anywhere past that they explode. the only reason they show them at 1.2V, is because they stay at that voltage for longest. now, who want's chochlate frosty milkshakes??!
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 15:16:44
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ahem...
OLD NiCads were 1.5V, NEW ones are 1.2, and they are STIL more expensive than NiMH, and they still have about HALF the capacity of NiMH! blmuh. BTW, NiMH batteries can get to about 1.7V if you get them hot enough, but anywhere past that they explode. the only reason they show them at 1.2V, is because they stay at that voltage for longest. now, who want's chochlate frosty milkshakes??!
Vanilla sounds better!Now that I've actually considered the situation, I really think I'd get two full sets of 1/3AA's and rewire the battery holder with an A/B switch and either get a real NiMH charger for loose cells or do it up the Goldberg way: rig it out with a jack and circuitry from a Duo battery charger. Using the guts from a couple of dead Duo batteries, I could run it off of, or charge up, either bank (or both sequentially) without ever changing them again. If you're gonna go with neoleolithic FlintPod technology . . . do it the way tehRube(tm) woulda!  jt ™.
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scchicago
Full Member
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 17:05:02
just ger a CD-RW and a handheld player that'll play them. STAT! you'll be A-OK!_________________
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2003 : 17:26:31
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EIGHT BATTERIES FOR A CASSETTE PLAYER?!I cannot imagine how tired you get from that.
IIRC, doesn't the 1.2V have something to do with the battery's ability that it is rechargeable? I'm so very bad with all those electrical things... ~The Penguin **| Want free 68kmla email? Drop me a line |**
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No. The microcassete takes two batts. its the PowerCD that takes 8 batts. As for using a minidisc player, well, thats rich person's stuff. I'm broke.  -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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