At 11:48 4/28/99 -0400, Robert Rountree wrote: >decent flashlight or a stable area lite. It also runs on 4 AA's..... I'm >trying to stick to AA's in all my toys, walkman's, photo flash etc.....any Just something to bear in mind...a kilowatt-hour costs ten cents out of the wall, $150 or so in D-alkalines, around $650 in AA, and around $2500 in AAA. Using AA NiCd batteries and assuming lifetime of 200 charge cycles brings it down under $50. I like batteries for calculators and such, but I'm sure wishing for a pocket fuel cell for lights -- preferably one that doesn't run at liquid-sodium temps <g>. david David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net |
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