Urgh...batteries suck

[KennyR]

bloodline wrote:
The Band gap required to produce Blue light is HUGE.

It's no big deal. You just plug the band gap with a suitable dopant.

[KennyR]

Hmm, I got a battery tester and the batteries aren't as flat as I thought. They're sitting at something like 85% capacity.

Still, thats not 100%, so out they go and in go the NiMH. The old ones can go in a drawer to await the end of civilisation, where I can barter them for virgin brides.

[KennyR]

Coincidentally, I found 3 rechargeable C cells that have been lying at the bottom of a box since before 1990, and they actually still took a charge. I was pleased, before I realised that I don't have one single item made to run on them. That's why they were at the bottom of a box for 15 years.