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Topic: Is there gonna be a chumby classic with batteries?

i really like how the chumby classic looks!! but the only thing i dont like about it is it has to be plugged in all the time. thats so inconvenient. so is there gonna be a chumby classic + ??

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Re: Is there gonna be a chumby classic with batteries?

Bunnie discussed this on one of his blogs. The electronics used by the Classic do not support a battery, but the Chumby One electronics do - however, the Chumby One electronics generate significantly more heat, and charging batteries *also* generate a lot of heat.

Unfortunately, the stuffing used in the Classic is a great insulator - which means that it's likely that C1 w/battery would overheat if put in the "classic" enclosure.  The Classic dissipates its heat through the display panel - the C1 generates too much heat to do that.

That doesn't meant that it's out of the question, but it would require some careful redesign.

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