Re: FREE - Battery Usage
Mark Teegarden (teega001@yoda.mc.duke.edu)
Fri, 9 Aug 96 9:57:29 EDT
My limited experience with NiCd (Nickel Cadmium) rechargeable
batteries used in the OmniGo was very bad. Since the discharge voltage
curve on them drops off dramatically at the end of the power cycle,
the warning you get from the OmniGo is a blank screen. I put in the
NiCd batteries after after my first set of cells died and I didn't
have time to go to the store. I did some work on it that night and
set an alarm for the next day. When I turned it off, the battery meter
was reading just below half. The Batteries got drained overnight and
I suspect that when the alarm went off the next day, the backup
battery didn't have enough juice to sustain the alarm. When I got a
fresh set of batteries in it the next day, I saw the OmniGo Logo on
startup and "no data". Grrrr.
Don't use NiCd batteries unless you do lots of backups.
--Mark
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>From: Omar Downie[SMTP:odownie@uwimona.edu.jm]
>Sent: Thursday, August 08, 1996 6:03 PM
>To: ogo@lifelike.com
>Subject: FREE
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>I've installed the Battery Watcher program and have logged 525 min. of
>moderate to heavy use. This is on a set of Duracell Alkaline batteries. The
>meter is approx. 1/3 from empty. I'd like to hear of everybody's battery
>usage, suggested battery brands,consumption tips etc.
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>-Omar.
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