Dummy AA battery?

[Tim Streater]

Feedback in what sense? Reviews? Or about stuff you buy as in how they were to deal with? Either of these is trivially simple.

You are obviously dim.

[Uncle Peter]

In the sense of how it is on Ebay. How reputable the seller is.

The website designer is dim.

[Uncle Peter]

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But we're talking about AA batteries - where there are two different vol= tages for the same size of battery.

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[Uncle Peter]

Andy

It's not just ICs though. What about a clock?

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[Tim Streater]

That doesn't exist on Amazon and doesn't need to in the same sense. On ebay you're dealing with individuals (or possibly companies). They may have a crap rep, so the feedback on them is useful.

The concept is supposedly different on Amazon. Supposedly they've been vetted by Amazon and you are mostly dealing with companies. I would imagine that if a company screws up too often Amazon would remove them as a trading partner.

Whenever I buy stuff off Amazon I get a mail asking me to rate the transaction and write a review of the product and the process of getting it.

No George it's you. F'r Dispatched from and sold by mostwill-eu

By c Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.

Simples.

[Uncle Peter]

I prefer to see the feedback myself instead of trusting Amazon to choose.

Then maybe it's improved.

Anyway, why are Amazon selling stuff and allowing others to aswell? Is it a company or a marketplace?

[Nightjar]

I have a book on a WW2 camouflage unit, which gives information on how they created a dummy AA battery, to mislead German reconnaissance, if that is any use.

[Johny B Good]

Back in the late(?) 70s, I bought myself a Sinclair Executive electronic calculator. The battery life was very poor and it soon became evident that there'd been a terrible design gaff in specifying a 4 cell battery (hearing aid button cells) since my experiment involving the use of a dummy cell doubled the battery life with no detriement to its performance.

Interestingly, when I googled for such 'collectables', I noticed that Sinclair had reduced the cell count to 3, presumably this would have been later MKII models.

I can't recall seeing any examples showing a 4 cell requirement (they may have all been disposed of by their original owners in favour of a later 3 cell version - more fool them).

[PeterC]

Bullshit! Most things take 1 battery. I have a CH programmer that 2 batteries, each comprising 2 AA cells; all else takes 1, 2, 3 or 4 AA or AAA cells, except for a few coin cells and 1 half-AA 12V battery.

[Uncle Peter]

You say most things take 1 battery, then go on to list things with multiple batteries. Are you smoking weed?

[Uncle Peter]

A mess.

[Uncle Peter]

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Putting a Lithium battery in there would give it way too much voltage.

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[Tim Streater]

To choose what?

Been like that for some yonks at least.

Why not. They make it clear what's going on - who you're buying from.

[Uncle Peter]

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Hmmmm electric razor and electric toothbrush have a motor. Digital came= ra has a cold cathode lamp.

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[Uncle Peter]

Ebay is far simpler and clearer, and much easier to find stuff. And I can get things from private individuals aswell.

[Chris French]

Indeed, though my FIL still seems not to always notice.

There are a few benefits to Amazon of the Amazon Marketplace setup.

1. It keeps more online trade through the Amazon website, so encouraging people to just go there. If you are there you are more likely to buy from Amazon, than if you are on another website. And you are more likely to come back another time.
2. The get a cut of any sales anyway.
3. Market intelligence - they know what is being sold, how much, for what price etc. and can see if it is worth them selling a particular product.

[Uncle Peter]

Both mine use 2 AAs, and I've never sen one that doesn't. I wouldn't bu= y one where the battery wasn't easily replaceable.

Which is shit for photos.

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[DerbyBorn]

"Nightjar wrote in news:R- [e-mail]:

It took me a minute to get this!

[Mr Pounder]

20 seconds here.

[polygonum]

Cunningly disguised as a serious post!

But when were AA batteries first made?