Could I Use 5 regular 1.5V AA Batteries to power the project

afreihat · Post by **afreihat** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:59 pm

My design requires 7.4V, however .1V shouldnt make much difference. Also, would I be able to use 6 1.2V rechargeable AA batteries?

snowpenguin · Post by **snowpenguin** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:04 pm

I wouldn't suggest it as they won't last long, but yes. You can do either of those, the nimh rechargables will be better,

evilteddy · Post by **evilteddy** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:31 pm

I tried this to check that the power to my portable was working once before my batteries arrived.

I got 5 minutes of playtime. Really you can't use AAs. Get a real battery.

Evilteddy

kibble · Post by **kibble** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:35 pm

evilteddy wrote:I tried this to check that the power to my portable was working once before my batteries arrived.

I got 5 minutes of playtime. Really you can't use AAs. Get a real battery.

Evilteddy

Did you use alkaline AA's or "heavy duty"? I would have expected alkaline to last longer than that.

evilteddy · Post by **evilteddy** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:16 pm

They were some fairly old NiMH batteries.

Evilteddy

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