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4195078 No.4195078 [Reply] [Original]

>battery packs are 30-50 dollars online

I got one of these with sega's own rechargeable from the 90s, instead of the actual battery adapter for fitting in AAs. Is there a way to make recourse that isn't buying the stupid pack at nonsense prices?

>> No.4195083
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4195083

get a few of these i guess

>> No.4195095

>>4195083
no no, the problem is the actual box to put AAs in is a separate piece of plastic, a case that attaches to the back. The AA battery pack if you will.

The one I bought has sega's original rechargeable battery pack instead, it's the same deal but it was a proprietary rechargeable. Naturally being both 90s battery technology and being old, the cell on it is shit.

I wanted to use it with my modern rechargeable AAs but that requires the AA battery pack, and that goes for 30-50 online. So I guess I'm just boned unless there's some other thing to do? My best guess is to buy a hobby battery and put it inside the original power supply, but I don't know much about into electronic.

>> No.4195107

>>4195083
Holy shit. Where the fuck have these been all of my life?

>> No.4195116

>>4195107
I sort of have my doubts about them IMO, figure they would take too long to charge and you would need a lot of ports to really take advantage of them. I have one of these and it works well.

USB could be helpful in some certain scenarios though.

>> No.4195132

>>4195116
they work well. Don't buy cheap shit ones. Look for japanese brands, they're a bit expensive but well, the utility gained from it is worth it.

>> No.4195136

>>4195116
Nice, how much do they cost? I just picked up a GBC for the first time in years and this would be a perfect compliment.

>> No.4195139

>>4195136
$12 bucks per pair or so? NH, HobbyAce are both good brands.

>> No.4195171

>>4195078
you can bu generic AA battery packs for any amount of batteries from ali express.

You can also just make one with tape and wire.

>> No.4195186
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4195186

>>4195132
Meant to say I have one of these along with a bunch of eneloops.

>> No.4195192

>>4195171
it's the proprietary contact connections that get me, nomad doesn't use a standard connection point and the battery pack doesn't have any obvious screw holes or anything either.