At 11:45 AM 2/17/99, Wagner Lipnharski wrote:

>It works pretty nice, the board consumes 11 ma during 1 sec and only 5
>micro Amps in "off" state.  The average current at this circuit is only
>41uA/h, so a pack of 4 x AA Cadnica
>NiCad cells (800 ma x 4.8V) can keep this operating for more than 18
>thousand hours, almost 800 days.
>

Just wondering if these NiCads are special and don't lose capacity over
time (i.e. I've been assuming a 10% loss in capacity per month in storage)?

Curious,
Heinz