On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 07:04:06AM -0600, Joe Laffey wrote:
> 
> It is amazing how much batteries have improved... You can buy AA batteries 
> that are Nickel Metal Hydride that each have 2400mAh!! (Granted you need 
> about 12 of them; but that would still be 2400mAh worth of 14.4V.)

Yeah, but those batteries last for half -- maybe even less -- as many
charge cycles as the old 1200-1500mAh NiMH AA cells, and you still
basically have to keep them in use all the time because of the high
self-discharge rate.  Not always such a good deal after all.

Thor