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    Flashlight cleanup, isle 3!

    Ah! You are right. I didn't think of that. Matt
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    OT: 3.7V tea bags in my Macintosh battery...?

    Those packs are what lithium polymer cells look like. Apple is one of the first companies to use lipo packs in a computer. RC guys have been using them for almost a decade in planes and helicopters. Matt
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    Flashlight cleanup, isle 3!

    +1 to vinegar and a toothbrush. Baking soda and water won't do a thing to alkaline, it only works to neutralize acid from a lead acid battery. Lube the threads and seal up with petroleum jelly and get it snug. Matt
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    Anyone tried the AA Eneloop XX's

    Paolos, I think you would be fine with anything with the Eneloop name on it. For me it would come down to, will the small increment in avaliable power be justified with the much reduced cycle life? I would probably buy four regular eneloops and four XX and compare them in your LD40. They're...
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    best ni-mh batteries and charger?

    klamp, I have a couple hobby chargers, a FMA Powerlab 8 and a Cellpro Multi 4 and the way i used to charge my nimh tx batteries was to use the removable battery tray from a transmitter that had a servo style plug on it and use the corresponding plug adapter on my multi 4 to charge them at a...
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    Phone battery reading 85% at 4.2v??

    Hey Mario, What brand and model of phone is it and how old is the battery? Matt
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