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| Thread ID: 37866 | 2003-09-20 11:11:00 | OT..That micro PCW radio. | paradox (1082) | Press F1 |
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| 176704 | 2003-09-20 11:11:00 | I had a play with the little PCW radio the other day...it works fine but is hell on batteries. Put fresh ones in and next am they were flat. Is there a way to switch it off other than pulling out the batteries? Roughly how long should they last? Cheers Ken. | paradox (1082) | ||
| 176705 | 2003-09-20 11:35:00 | I have a similar one, but not from PC World. Mine has an on/off switch as part of the rotary volume control. Yours must have one too. If not that, check out the light switch as it would use the most power. Cheers :) |
exLL (515) | ||
| 176706 | 2003-09-20 20:13:00 | Haven't seen one myself but lights to drain quickly. I have an electronic device that seems to drain itself when turned off, lasts like 20 minutes tops with four AAs. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 176707 | 2003-09-21 03:54:00 | Not an Energiser Bunny? My latest $10 toy ( a Cassiopeia Pocket PC) is marked on the back "DC 3V 3.8W". That means over 1A current. The AA alkalines seem to last longer than that implies ... though I've seen suggections that they last only about 3 hours. Apparently putting a modem in kills a set of cells in 15 minutes. :_| | Graham L (2) | ||
| 176708 | 2003-09-21 06:20:00 | > Cassiopeia Pocket PC is marked on the back "DC 3V > 3 . 8W" . That means over 1A current . Gee thats an economic one . My Toshiba e570 Pocket PC is marked DC 5v, 3 amps . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 176709 | 2003-09-21 09:49:00 | > I had a play with the little PCW radio the other > day...it works fine but is hell on batteries. A small earpiece radio like that should be super economical on batteries under normal usage. > Put fresh ones in and next am they were flat. There must have been an abnormal drain somewhere. Was the lamp left on? Even if the volume control was set to maximum and left on all night, I doubt it would drain the batteries, as those ear pieces take very little power to run. (The old fashioned crystal sets used headphones that worked without any batteries at all.) > Is there a way to switch it off other than pulling out the > batteries? See my earlier reply above. Did you find the switch? > Roughly how long should they last? At a very rough guess, as long as you are not using the torch function, it should go for at least 6 months or so on standard batteries and in excess of 1 year with alkalines. That would be with normal usage, not left on and never turned off. Cheers. :) |
exLL (515) | ||
| 176710 | 2003-09-21 11:27:00 | exLL...Thanks for pointing me back to the rotary volume control. Yep..the switch is there...hard anticlockwise. I don't think the torch is the problem because from memory it only lights up when held down. I'll get some more batteries and have another play. Cheers Ken. | paradox (1082) | ||
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