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Old 07-25-2006, 09:38 AM
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Oh my !!!

You've got a couple of No-no's going on there...

1. BIG no-no is mixing unlike cells!!! If I'm not mistaken the MW usese NiCd, while the ZZ uses NiMH. No good

1a. Even if you were using same chemistry cells, you shouldn't mix capacities. I believe the ZZ cell is rated 70maH and you should ONLY use another 70maH NiMH with it.

1b. ...And even THEN, they should be "matched" for best performance and least issues. "Matched" means both are at the exact same level of charge. So you'd want to fully charge both and make sure their voltages are as close to each other as possible, then go ahead and dual-cell them. This ensures that when you charge them, they'll charge together in sync.

As far as getting extra batteries goes, The cells in the regular ZZ are 1/3AAA size, while the cells in the ZZSE are 1/4AAA size. So you can hunt/google for that and it should produce some results. I also have a bunch of both types of batts, so feel free to contact me if you don't have any luck elsewhere.

Good luck.
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