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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1020.1 | Oh oh | STAR::DIPIRRO | | Wed Jun 17 1992 12:06 | 2 |
| If your batteries are in peril, don't expect Superman to come to
your rescue with all that Krypton around your house.
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| 1020.2 | Not enough voltage from rechargables | PATE::MACNEAL | ruck `n' roll | Wed Jun 17 1992 12:20 | 7 |
| I saw this same notice on a Nintendo accessory that used C batteries.
I called their 800 number to ask why. I was told that the voltage of
alkaline C batteries is higher than the voltage of rechargable C
batteries. The difference could effect the performance of the
accessory. Sure enough, when I compared the voltage numbers printed on
the batteries, the voltage for the rechargables was .25 volts less than
the alkalines.
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| 1020.3 | | MRKTNG::BROCK | Son of a Beech | Wed Jun 17 1992 13:50 | 2 |
| I think a typical rechargeable - AA, C, D etc, will be rated at 1.2v.
An alkalyne will typicall be rated at 1.5v.
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| 1020.4 | I have no problems with nicads | CLO::POLITZER | I'm the NRA!! | Wed Jun 17 1992 15:02 | 9 |
| A lower voltage source will typically not have the bulb burn as bright.
I don't know if this results in any other complications.
In the past I have heard (unsubstantiated) that the lower operating
temperature actually extends bulb life.
I have several different size maglites with krypton filled bulbs. I
have been using rechargables in them for 4-5 years with no noticable
effects. I have had to replace only 1 bulb in this time.
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| 1020.5 | Wont be as bright... | JUNCO::CASSIDY | Aspiring conservationist | Thu Jun 18 1992 01:54 | 15 |
| > My question is, why would the krypton bulb not like rechargeables?
> I have read in this notesfiles somewhere that some inert gas bulbs must
> burn at a certain temp else oxides collect on the filiment.
> Could this be the case here? Are my batteries in peril?
I kinda doubt that oxide theory. You need oxygen to form
an oxide and there just ain't no oxygen in a vacuated lamp. I
suspect that it's a matter of brightness, or lack there of.
Alkaline cells would put out more power and for a longer duration
than rechargables.
For any nit pickers who want to bring up the fact that
there ain't no such thing as a perfect vacuum, the O2 content
would be so small as to be insignificant.
Tim
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| 1020.6 | | RAMBLR::MORONEY | Is the electric chair UL approved? | Thu Jun 18 1992 13:18 | 9 |
| If it is not a halogen bulb it will last longer and will produce less light
and be more yellowish with a lower voltage. If it is halogen, I've heard
debate to whether it will last longer or shorter due to how they work.
Krypton is an inert gas which fills the bulb (it is not a vacuum), and will not
react with anything except under extreme conditions not found in a bulb. So
there is no chance any "oxides" of any sort forming.
-Mike
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