I hope you'll all be patient with what might be a question with an obvious answer: why do so many battery operated equipments state that they must not be operated using rechargeable batteries?
I appreciate that NiCads have a nominal voltage of 1.2V compared to Alkaline and Zinc Chloride's 1.5V, but is there something else of which I'm not aware? Higher output impedance as they grow old? Greater chemical toxicity? More likely to leak corrosive material? More likely to explode?! Is it functionality, safety or EMC that worries the instruction book writers? Regards, Mark -- Mark Hone Wellman CJB Limited Email: [email protected] Airport Service Road Tel: +44 (0)2392 629239 (Direct) Portsmouth, Hampshire Tel: +44 (0)2392 664911 PO3 5PG, ENGLAND Fax: +44 (0)2392 697864 ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
