Whoof.

[missroserose]

Between jury duty, shuffling appointments around, icky weather, Brian being ill, and some tedious stuff at work, it's been a long damn week.

To top it all off, I've been feeling frankly horny the last couple days, just as Brian's not feeling up for anything. Not that that's that all that different from usual. :P But then, that's why I invested in one of these. And batteries.

On the plus side, it's now the weekend, I'm in my warm comfortable bed with a warm snuggly kitty and some damn good Haagen-Daas coconut sorbet, listening to the wind and rain outside. And we're probably going to venture out to see The Dark Knight later. And the week is over. So things are looking up.

Comments

Re: rabbit habbit!

[jamesd.livejournal.com]

If you haven't already done so, you should try NiMH rechargeables. Lower stable voltage than alkaline so the rabbit part may move more slowly, while they support higher current levels without reduction in voltage. That should help the internal aspect that probably needs more power to move against greater resistance. Less reduction in voltage with higher current draw may reduce or eliminate that internal on, external slows down effect.

Lithium non-rechargeables are similar in supporting higher currents without voltage drop but their voltage is higher than the NiMH so my guess is that they won't be your preferred option. Also pretty expensive compared to rechargeables. Maybe worth an experiment, though.

Alkalines start out at a slightly higher voltage but can't maintain it as the current draw increases so they end up producing a lower stable voltage that quite rapidly decreases. Either of the other two stays stable at about 1.2v for NiMH or 1.3v for lithium for longer... so you don't get reduced power just when you want more.

Re: rabbit habbit!

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Brian had mentioned lithium batteries as an option if I wanted more power, but I was a bit worried about the "more current" aspect - see above re: cheap & cheerful electronics. I don't want to end up with an electrical fire caused by my vibe. :) The NiMH ones don't sound like a bad plan, though. I'll have to keep my eye out for some.