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Old April 4th 04, 01:31 AM
Jay Heyl
 
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mind. My desire to do all of this stems from some sort of obsessive
compulsive disorder that inclines me to want more power. The thought of
merely AA batteries that are half full powering my radio makes me
shudder. I also hate to change them out (another disorder). Anyway, I


Yeah, that disorder has lead me into many misadventures too. I keep
wanting to buy NiMH D cells for my portables that take that size even
though I know the NiCad cells I already have do the job quite nicely
and, due to self-discharge, the NiMH cells would need to be recharged
almost as often anyway. Even knowing all this, I still look at 1800mAh
vs 7500mAh and feel compelled to go for the more power solution.

-- Jay