My mum picked some cheap, "Kirkland" alkalines. In the pack of 12, I
remember two were just "dead". The first two I picked out of the pack
included a dead battery - naturally the device (Walkman) didn't work.
Perhaps you were just very unlucky and picked three dead batteries in
your three attempts?
On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 09:22:06PM +1200, Max McRae wrote:
> Mark wrote:
>
> > Was the battery type switch on the grip set for lithiums all along?
>
> Oh no, I made damn sure the L6 position was selected when using the
> alkalines. I read and reread the manual to see if I was doing something
> wrong, and it was only as a last resort I tried the lithiums.
>
> So all I can conclude from this,is that certain types of alkalines may
> not work very well, or even at all, with this grip.
> Or maybe the voltage has to be a minimum strength to kick the thing
> into life.
> I don't really know, I'm no expert in this field.
>
> Max
>
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