<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Cameras need to be designed to use NiMH batteries. As I recall the battery voltage is only about 1.2V, rather than the 1.5V from an alkaline battery. There are some rechargeable alkaline batteries around.<br><div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Andale Mono">-- </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Andale Mono">Glenn Henshaw Ottawa, Canada</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Andale Mono">Email: <a href="mailto:thraxisp4@mac.com">thraxisp4@mac.com</a></font></div>
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<br><div><div>On 2011-05-01, at 12:51 PM, unsolicited wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Deep apologies for the very off-topic post, but I'm guessing there are some Linux using picture takers in K-W ...<br><br>Trying to power up a digital camera.<br><br>First 3 sets of 4 AA's I put in (NiMh), it whined, saying 'Change Batteries' and turned off.<br><br>I'm not surprised, but I don't believe all 4 in each set need replacing.<br><br>Of course, the DVM shows all good voltages - not that that matters, it's how much juice is left to suck up in a burst that matters.<br><br>What's useful for testing, and where do you get it locally? I assume load testing, but I'm far into speculation, not knowledge, at this point.<br><br>I'd like to easily figure out which particular batteries are the no longer useful ones. How?<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>kwlug-disc mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br><a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org">http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>