Hi Roman,

Thanks! Actually, the L1028 says on it that it IS alkaline.

Sean

At 06:53 PM 12/5/00 +1100, you wrote:
>Sean H. Breheny wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just wanted to give an update on the "small batteries" thread. I got some
> > of the 12V lighter batteries (a little smaller than a AAA cell), as well as
> > some even smaller 9V and 6V batteries of similar design. I haven't done
> > that much testing yet, but one of the 12V ones started with an open circuit
> > voltage of 12.5V, and then when I placed a 510 ohm resistor across it, the
> > voltage dropped to 11.6V, and decreased at about 50mV per second for
> > several seconds (I didn't keep it hooked up very long). This drew about 22
> > mA. So, it looks like it will work reasonably well for my application (I
> > need about 20 to 30mA for 20 seconds). At this 22mA rate, the battery would
> > drop to 7.5V (minimum for a regular non-low-dropout 5V regulator) in 82
> > seconds.
> >
> > I haven't tested the smaller ones yet, nor have I actually done a longer
> > discharge for the 12V ones. I will report back when I have a chance to
> do that.
> >
> > The actual battery used was an L1028 made by Vinnic (can be had from
> > www.24hrsbatteries.com) It weighs only a few grams.
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> >
> > Sean
>
>
>Sean, we see a lot of these 12v batteries in RF remotes for home/car
>alarms, you can get alkaline versions for a fraction more price with
>significantly more storage. Don't have any mAh figures for you but
>in remotes used every day the alkaline last twice as long. :o)
>-Roman
>
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