Tip: DON'T buy this battery.

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:56 pm

So I go into radioshack to find me a good battery. I look over and see this thing:

The battery in question

On the package of the battery, it reads:
4A 7.4V
So i'm thinking naturally, woah! A nice Li-poly battery! Little did I know that the battery's rating was actually 450 mA. Not even close to the 4A rating on the package.

So anyway, if you're looking for a good battery at the shack, DON'T go with this one.

-bioniclebert

Rellizate · Post by **Rellizate** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:04 pm

Whao really? Sure it wasn't put in the wrong package? How did you find out the real MAH rating?

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:09 pm

Rellizate wrote:Whao really? Sure it wasn't put in the wrong package? How did you find out the real MAH rating?

Well I checked just that. I thought I had some kind of mis-labeled unit or something. I checked ebay, all of the auctions listed the battery as what mine was listed as, 4A. When I opened it up, I looked on the battery itself, and it said 450mA on it, and so did the manual.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:50 pm

Did you return it and tell RatShack that they're full of crap?

Post by **Skyone** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:57 pm

Battery Average Run Time :: 12 MINUTES

How could you mistake that with 4A?

The Datasheet wrote:

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:54 pm

Skyone wrote:
Battery Average Run Time :: 12 MINUTES
How could you mistake that with 4A?

Heh, well having the amperage is mislabeled, how am I supposed to assume that is even correct?

Anyway, as far as the return goes, it's going back pronto. (I like that word, pronto). I ended up getting a nice battery and charger from http://www.batteryspace.com/