Joerg wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Joerg wrote:

flipper wrote:


On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:47:37 -0700, Joerg
wrote:



Joel Kolstad wrote:



"Joerg" wrote in message
y.net...



Clever it is indeed. The usefulness depends on how long that rechargeable
holds enough charge. If it's the usual three months or so I'd give it a
thumbs down.


If they were *really* clever they'd just suck power from the other batteries
in series to give themselves 1.5V. (Essentially a 1.5-4.5V boost coverter.)

Although obviously that doesn't work for Michael's one-cell remotes.

Are N-type cells the same diameter as AA's? Then you could just go back to
using primary cells.


No idea. However, the main challenge is that any batteries for such
mundane tools must be available at the local grocery. It's pathetic but
nowadays people consider it a major inconvenience when the remote quits
and, gasp, they have to get off the couch to switch the channel.


Yeah. Next thing ya know they'll be wanting electric starters and
windows on their cars instead of hand cranks.

My first car had a hand crank. Worked fine :-)

It's windows were semi-automatic though: Curve to the left, right window
opens a bit. Curve to the right, left window opens. But they never fell
off while driving (the trunk lid did once ...).



Trunk lid? That's better than the hood at 55 MPH.


Yeah, but this was on an Autobahn. I noticed a sudden "air conditioned
feeling", then saw sparks flying in my rear view. Screeeeech. Luckily it
was at night and other cars were still far off. Ran into the lane,
picked it up.


One hinge held, but the hood slammed into the side of the car, right
on a weld in the unibody and cracked it. Then it went back up, and into
the engine compartment where smashed the brake fluid reservoir, and the
top of one of the carburetors before it caught on the windshield wiper
post on the driver's side. The inside of the hood was covering the
windshield in heavy traffic on I 75, near Cincinnati. I couldn't see,
had no brakes, and the damaged carburetor wouldn't let me slow down. I
was power downshifting while looking out the side window to stay in my
lane, and every bump caused the cracked weld to grow. By the time I was
able to stop, the crack was all the way from the door post on the
passenger side of the car, to my feet on the driver's side. The car was
a total loss, and caused a lot of people to slam on their brakes and try
to miss me as they slid into the emergency lane. That was the last time
I drove a European built car. French engineering, my ass!


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prove it.
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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida