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Christ · 08-25-2009, 11:53 PM

Man, I love NiMH packs... they're never made of anything bigger than conventional batteries, because of "patent" issues with the technology.

(Toyota got sued for using Ni-MH in their RAV4-EV, which is why they've stopped producing them.. Ed Begley Jr. has one, I think.)

Lots of times, you can find the "weird" battery sizes in stores, and if you break them open, you find that they're just made of a stack of smaller cells, often button cells.

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	Man, I love NiMH packs... they're never made of anything bigger than conventional batteries, because of "patent" issues with the technology. (Toyota got sued for using Ni-MH in their RAV4-EV, which is why they've stopped producing them.. Ed Begley Jr. has one, I think.) Lots of times, you can find the "weird" battery sizes in stores, and if you break them open, you find that they're just made of a stack of smaller cells, often button cells. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"