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Message #00155
To: Michael Kennan kennanm@efn.org, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 07:10:49 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Why not button cells (WHAT?)
I remeber buying a rechargable litium button cell some time in the past.
Dennison
>>This is a question for the leadership at large: wouldn't it be a better
>>design and somewhat more aesthetic to use alkaline button cells? They
tend
>>to have a fair amount of charge available, you can easily find cell
holders
>>for the thinner types and you don't (usually) have to worry about nasty
>>chemicals or metal cuts.
>
>If you are referring to calculator/watch batteries, I do use them in my
>bots... but primarily in the solar bots. I usually place a home-made
>socket for them right underneath the solar cell, so I can really fire the
>little buggers up when people want to see what they do. (Most mere mortals
>don't seem to want to spend time-lapse quantities of time waiting to grok
>the overall behavior of the bot. Sheesh.) The only problem is that I can
>easily drain a $5 battery in a few minutes, some last tens of minutes, but
>not too long. Expensive hobby.
>
>The Duracell internal cells are a bit heavier, a bit more visually
>obtrusive, but they sure last a long time.
>
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