[NTLK] OMP Battery Tray Conversion

[Andrei Chichak]

On 2014-November-27, at 11:23 AM, Greg Hankins <greg at greghankins.com> wrote:

> Oops!
> 
> I found another question to ask: The OMB Specs tell me that the original NiCds were 200 mA, but I see I can purchase batteries that are 400 or 600. Will I encounter problems using either of these?

No, just charge them for 2-3 times longer to get them to maximum capacity.

For instance, if your charger is rated at 50mA (I don’t remember) and your batteries are rated at 200mAH (note that the batteries are rated as milliamp HOURS) it would, theoretically, take 4 hours to charge. The batteries aren’t perfect and you should multiply this time by about 1.4, so 5 or 6 hours.

With 600mAH batteries, 600mAH/50mA*1.4 = 16.8 hours.

Andrei