Re: Battery problems solved, I hope

Dolezal (sdolezal@montana.com)
Wed, 26 Apr 95 20:19 PDT

I have heard that lithium batteries last three times as long and cost
twice as much as alkalines. In that case, why use alkalines?

On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, Rob Freundlich wrote:

> Well, after reading all the responses, I've gone out and done two things:
>
> 1. bought RS Lithium batteries
> 2. bought the correct adapter (although it claims 550mA, not 800 ...)
>
> Let's see how long the batteries last *now*!
>
> ---
> Rob Freundlich, Senior Software Engineer | "males are biologically driven
> IDX Systems Corporation | to go out and hunt giraffes"
> | - Newt Gingrich
> "Some folks you don't have to satirize, you just quote em" - Tom Paxton
>

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