From: Woody Smith (woodysmith_at_comcast.net)
Date: Wed Aug 03 2005 - 19:02:41 PDT
A number of folks including myself have had some luck at getting a
reluctant battery to charge.
Place the battery in your freezer for a brief time, ten minutes works
for me. You want the battery pack chilled but not so cold that it
freezes or has excessive condensation.
It seems, according to the Avi's backdrop or Frank Gruendel's Newt
Test, that when a battery is very low the preliminary charge is
pulses of high amperage. By chilling the battery you extent this
process allowing the battery to charge before it gets too hot.
Woody
On Aug 1, 2005, at 3:07 PM, avernier_at_earthlink.net wrote:
> I know I know I should just look in the archives but this is just so
> easy............
>
> I got this Emate see, it's got a bum battery pack, I've checked the
> web.
>
> What I'd like to do is replace the current pack with one whose
> batteries are replaceable like my MP2k.
>
> Anyone have a list of parts or an extra sitting around?
> I know Woody will refurbish my pack, which still might happen but it
> is a short term fix. (Woody, email me off line with a cost, thanks)
>
> Tony.
> (who has an eprobe and doesn't want to be tied to the plug)
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