Hi Everybody, I used a 0.22F Super Capacitor and it worked beautifully - It is only used to power the RAM when you are changing batteries, so I don't understand why it would be an issue. It gives me over 20 minutes of battery out time, while I scour kitchen drawers looking for AAs.
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