Mike, Battery data sheets are easy to find online, for example: http://www.duracell.com/oem/Primary/Alkaline/mx1300.asp Your answer is a day or two at room temperature,=20 depending mainly on the minimum voltage you can tolerate. Battery V drops continuously under steady load. If you stop at 1.1 volts/cell, which would be appropriate for a NiCd, you are leaving a significant fraction of the=20 available energy in the alkaline battery. Rich -----Original Message----- From: Mike Neaves [mailto:michael.neaves@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:59 PM To: si-list Subject: [SI-LIST] Theoretical Battery Life Hi Everybody! I have a question that I would like answered.... This question doesn't have much to do with SI, but, with the "plethora" of electrical knowledge available in this forum, I expect that someone may know the answer I am searching for... The question is: How long can I expect '2' alkaline D cell batteries connected in series to provide a relatively constant current of 0.3 Amps? i.e. 3 volts / 10ohms =3D 0.28 to 0.30 Amps Thanks, Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu