On Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 03:09:00AM -0500, Dave VanHorn, without
identifying the source so that if I didn't modify this line
inserted by my UMA it would look like I was saying Dave
wrote this and then he'd gripe about being quoted as writing
something he didn't, appears to have quoted someone as saying:
> > I wonder what happened between 1993 and 199
And then Dave replied:
>
> They did take the mercury out...

It's also possible that Eveready simply makes lousy
batteries. In the Digi-key catalog, they give ratings
for Panasonic "industrial" batteries; all lifetimes
are for drain into 100 Ohms continuous:

D   1200 hours
C    380 hours
AA   170 hours
AAA   65 hours
N     48 hours
9V     6 hours

At 1.2V, the AA rating will work out to 2040 mAH; if you
make the poor assumption of a linear voltage decline from
1.5V to 1.2V over the 170 hours, you would have an average
potential of 1.35V, giving a total capacity of 2295 mAH,
which is well in line with the 2250 mAH that Russ has in
his 1993 spec.

--Bob

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