Thanks.  Unfortunately, now that I look closer at the size, two of those
is about the same size as a 9 V.  :-(

Good capacity, though.

Alex

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> From: William Chops Westfield [mailto:billw@CISCO.COM]=20
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 1:24 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [EE]: Help with battery choice [adr]
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> http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Panasonic/Web%20data/CR2,%20CR123A.pdf
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>     What kind of battery holder would you use for these?  It=20
> seems like an
>     odd size.
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> Actually, it's a pretty standard size for memory backup power=20
> and such. I've retrieved such batteries from token ring hubs=20
> and such, where they appear to last ... longer than token=20
> ring did.  (I think they only got use to occasionally switch=20
> the state of some latching relays, so this isn't really=20
> surprising.)  "Memory Protection Devices" once sent me some=20
> nice samples, so I'll recomend them here:=20
> http://www.batteryholders.com (some "web > designer" got loose=20
> at their site, though.  I had problems from my mac with both=20
> netscape and explorer.)
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> There may be two varieties of these cells, one designed for=20
> memory backups and such, and the other for more consumer=20
> oriented high-drain applications.  The duracell website has a=20
> data sheet with continuous discharge curves at currents up to=20
> 1A.  (as well as the info I recently alluded to about how=20
> many 1.8A, 3 second pulses you can get if they're 7 seconds=20
> apart, and such.)
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> BillW
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