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On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:02:37 +0100, Mueen Nawaz <m.n### [at] ieee org> wrote:
> Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:11:43 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>> I used to have a solar powered pocket calculator. Worked pretty well
>> indoors too.
>
> Many such gadgets do include a battery. My solar powered calculator
> would work well in complete darkness. Until the battery ran out (took
> about a decade to do so!). Now it works, but needs some light (not much,
> though).
Not this one. If you held your hand over the solar cells the display would
blank out right away. I still have a non-solar-powered calculator though
that runs on its original battery even after twenty or so years. The power
consumption of such devices is astonishingly low.
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FE
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