[photo-3d] Re: Ni-MH for Viewers

[wes@xxxxxxx]

--- In photo-3d@xxxx, "Dr. George A. Themelis" <drt-3d@xxxx> wrote:
> >I chose a drain of 
> >300 ma. as it is fairly stout, yet not as great as a portable DAT 
> >recorder or perhaps a camcorder.  Yet, it's greater than a light 
> >bulb.  
> 
> 300 mA greater discharge current than a light bulb???  
> Even in the 1950s they used a light bulb (no. 14) rated
> 300 mA.  Since then we have seen the no. 245 bulb
> (500 mA) and now a lot of people are using 800 mA 
> halogen bulbs.
> 
> George

Indeed, those bulbs do suck up the current.  But remember, I was 
discharging only one cell at a time for the 300 ma. drain, whereas 
those bulbs you mentioned were meant for two cells for the current 
flow you cited.  At my drain of 300 ma for one cell that would figure 
out to a 600 ma flow for the usual three-volt pair.  You've got a 
point anyway, though, as I hadn't considered those hefty halogen 
bulbs.  Perhaps my selection of a 300 ma drain for a single cell (600 
ma per 3v. pair) was fairly practical, afterall.

Wes