#9028 - Snoobab - Sat Jul 26, 2003 7:02 pm
Hi. It's me again.
In the GBA booklet it warns against the use of any sort of rechargable batterys. I know that Nickel Cadium(Ni-Cad) batterys have some problems (cell reversal and overtime they also cause copper wiring to go black therefore build up resistance). But Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) don't seem to have any problems and until recently have been used in mobile phones. Would it be safe to use Ni-MH batterys in my GBA? I'm getting sick of buying expensive disposibles.
Thanks,
- Ed.
#9030 - sgstair - Sat Jul 26, 2003 7:06 pm
I haven't seen any issues with NiMh batteries - I've been using them in both of my gbas for ... a long time now, close to a year
I don't think there is any problem with using them.
-Stephen
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#9031 - Snoobab - Sat Jul 26, 2003 7:30 pm
Kewl. Thanks.
#9057 - ampz - Sun Jul 27, 2003 1:22 pm
I'am using NiMh in my GBA as well.
What can I say.. It works.
#9083 - Quirky - Mon Jul 28, 2003 8:13 am
Me too - and I used them in the GBC before that and Ni-Cad in the GB (old skool "Game Brick" :)) before that. No problems whatsoever.
The only thing to watch out for is that the green->red transition of the led happens just moments before the batteries dies, as opposed to quite a while before with normal batteries. I think Nintendo were in cahoots with the battery manufacturers, which is why they wrote that in the manual ;)
#9124 - ampz - Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:07 pm
| Quirky wrote: |
Me too - and I used them in the GBC before that and Ni-Cad in the GB (old skool "Game Brick" :)) before that. No problems whatsoever.
The only thing to watch out for is that the green->red transition of the led happens just moments before the batteries dies, as opposed to quite a while before with normal batteries. I think Nintendo were in cahoots with the battery manufacturers, which is why they wrote that in the manual ;) |
I can usually play for another hour or so when the LED switch to red... Must be different for different types of NiMh batteries..
#9143 - Quirky - Tue Jul 29, 2003 7:37 am
I have an afterburner installed (forgot about that, since a GBA without a light is only really useful as a paperweight) which might make a difference. Certainly the light acts a bit odd since installing it, flicking red when I turn the unit off, for example.