From: Eddie <frogkiller01_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:19:05 -0500

Thank you everyone for your input. SteamShip thanks for the url, I also
found this FAQ which benefits as all.

 http://www.thomas-distributing.com/maha-educate-batteries.htm
Q: My camera came with 1600mAh Batteries. Can I still use 1800mAh Batteries
or will they hurt my camera by being to strong.

Sure you can use the 1800 mAh batteries. 1800mAh denotes the capacity of a
battery, not its strength. Capacity is how much charge a battery holds once
it is fully charged.. The more capacity, the longer a battery will last in
any given application. Voltage is the strength. Rechargeable batteries
actually develop around 1.4 to 1.45 volts when fully charged even though
they are marked as 1.2V.


-Eddie


----- Original Message -----
From: <ajf_at_midmaine.com>
To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: Batteries?


> Why not carry extra fully charged Nimh batteries for your long train
trips?
>
> Then all you would need is a small battery charger to recharge the set
> that is currently not in use and swap them as needed.
>
> > Thanks for the response Michael O'Quinn, and BlueChip. I have only used
> > Alkaline batteries as backup when the rechargeable run out juice while
in
> > the train. I have searched for high capacity batteries, but all I have
> > found
> > so far is 1800 mAh. I want find some higher than that. Anyone know a
good
> > place?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eddie
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "BlueChip" <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
> > To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: Batteries?
> >
> >
> >>
> >> >This is an out of topic question, but does anyone know what is the mAh
> >> on
> >> >Alkaline batteries?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >Eddie
> >>
> >> Obviously it will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, age of
> >> battery,
> >> working temperature etc.
> >> And it is NOT advised to use them in your Archos
> >>
> >> You may also note that most rechargables give only 1.2V per cell,
> >> whereas
> >> alkali's give 1.5V per cell ..an increase of 4 x 0.3 = 1.2V; so using
> >> alkali's would be in effect like using FIVE rechargeable cells
> >> ...although
> >> this in itself is very unlikely to cause a problem in 99% of
> >> applications
> >>
> >>
> >
http://professional.duracell.com/start.asp?section=product_data&page=alkaline&hardload=chemistrylist&chemistry=alkaline&lang=english
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/zlco
> >>
> >> :)
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
Received on 2003-12-17