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Re: [Advert] - *Massive* clearout - please help me pay for my new AV amplifier!


  • Subject: Re: [Advert] - *Massive* clearout - please help me pay for my new AV amplifier!
  • From: "ianh1000" <ianh1000@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:45:23 -0000

I thought they worked with normal batteries or the NiMh pack.

Anyway, glad I did not win it ;-)

Ian

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Kevin Hawkins <lists@...> wrote:
>
> NiMH batteries supply 1.2V per cell whereas new standard alkaline
supply
> 1.5V so popping standard batteries in could have damaged it .
Having
> said that I would have expected that a device made by a company
such as
> Philips would have protected against such a likely situation.
>
>     Kevin
>
> Paul Gordon wrote:
> > GAH! I've just spent several hours looking for the wallwarts for
a
> > couple of the items. Whilst wading through the *squillions* that
I've
> > found, I decided to test the Pronto with a standard set of
Duracell's,
> > and to my intense surprise and annoyance, it *appears* to be
dead... -
> > how does that happen!?!?! - it was fine the last time I used it,
and
> > it's just been sat on the shelf ever since... GRRR...
> >
> >
>





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