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From: ds@dodger.ATT.COM (Doug Sturim,1A-138,2105,TRW)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Sort tests on the HP-48SX (really on Batteries)
Keywords: Batteries
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Date: 10 Apr 90 13:42:53 GMT
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In article <1990Apr9.174729.8030@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> madler@piglet.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) writes:
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>There is actually one more interesting observation---I am now getting
>LowBat(S) Warning.  This testing involved approximately 24 hours of
>continuous running (done automatically over a few nights---control
>alarms are pretty neat).  I remember my HP-28S batteries lasting over
>a year, but then I didn't run any programs like this either.
>

I too had my Batteries fail after 2 weeks of use and I never ran something 
for 24 hours.  The voltage on all of the batteries was 1.1V.  It might 
just be that bad batteries were delivered with the machine.

Doug

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