14 Aug
2006
14 Aug
'06
9:24 p.m.
On 8/14/2006 at 8:50 PM Don wrote:
Why not use a *big* battery/cell... aren't we
talking
about a design that would end up WAY undersized? Even
scaled would leave lots of real estate that you could
install a conventional AA, 9V, etc. battery and forget
about it "forever"
I have always HATED the idea of a battery where one wasn't absolutely
needed. They have a nasty tendency to go south when you can least afford
it--and they can leak or explode.
Or, in the case of Dell, catch fire:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060815/tc_nm/dell_batteries_dc_4
Cheers,
Chuck