Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)

On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 06:49:35PM -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
quality), and I tried again. Then with a better recharger. I eventually gave
up and put the batteries away. One year later, I looked at the batteries and
realized why they did not work.
They were Sony batteries. Of course they couldn't make a standard battery
and actually compete on price/quality.
So the battery voltage was 1.2v, even though the battery looked exactly like
a standard AA battery.
W. T. F.

All* rechargable AA batteries are 1.2v whilst normal AA batteries are
1.5v.

Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechargeable_battery

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