Sega Nomad Battery Life

nes_newbie · Post by **nes_newbie** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:47 pm

Yes I know the battery life of a nomad is Horrible around 2 hours tops i think. I just bought some Duracell Rechargeable ACCU AA batteries and here are the specs : DC 1500 NiMH/1,2V/2300mAh Standard Charge 230mA for 16h. Now I have 6 of those in my sega battery pack on the nomad , any of you might know if i can get more gameplay out of these batteries , or did i just waste my money? Thanks

The Zydeco King · Post by **The Zydeco King** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:50 pm

Dont' know about extra game play but at least you won't have to keep buying batteries. If you really want to make it run for a longer time you need to replace the internal light with some white LEDs.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:55 pm

And replace the 7805 regulator with something more efficent.

nes_newbie · Post by **nes_newbie** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:56 pm

God I love this forum , thanks guys

segasonicfan · Post by **segasonicfan** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:27 pm

Oh, you don't even need to do that. Also, there isn't a 7805 inside...or at least I couldn't find it. But the battery life is much more than 2 hours, you just have to use decent batteries. The draw on the system is 7.2v at around 330mah. Using 6 AA's (that's how much you need to power it) at 2000mah+ you'll get much more than 2 hours. Also, if you use the official rechargeable battery for it you get about 4 1/2 hours (its a 7.2v 1600mah battery). Use a li-ion or li-poly battery and you can power it for 13 hours+ no joke.

-Segasonicfan

someone · Post by **someone** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:58 am

yeah! look for an RC li-poly pack, the more you pay, the more power you'll get! you want a pack with two cells in series because lipoly cells usually run at 3.7V

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:17 pm

Isnt it 3.6v...

Post by **gannon** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:27 pm

nope, li-poly cells run at 3.7V

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:28 pm

Hmmm... I guess you learn something every day... Cool...

someone · Post by **someone** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:59 pm

hey! i was right for once! oh happy day!