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Sunday, 18 May 2008
The things you learn if you read the fine print

Random factoid. The electrical potential across a good Alkaline battery, a Duracell for instance, is 1.5 volts. The potential across a rechargeable NiMH battery is 1.2 volts. Does that matter? To your Maglite? Not really. To some other electrical/electronic devices (for instance my new camera I like so well)? Big time. I even have a hunch right now that the HP camera I replaced and gave to my nephew because it needed the batteries replaced almost daily doesn't have a thing wrong with it that a nice set of Duracells wouldn't fix, and I'm wondering if my daughter and her husband didn't retire a perfectly good (if not super modern) digital camera a while back for the same reason. Live and learn, I guess, even if you're old and worn out like me.

The new camera still shoots better still shots and videos than the one it replaced and it's still small enough to carry in my shirt pocket. So it's going to cost a little more to run than I expected. I still love it and I'm still glad I bought it.

Posted by Bill Faith on May 18, 2008 at 10:13 PM in Around our place | Permalink

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