Newton's are sometimes funny about totally flat batteries. They'll tell you
that they can't charge them when really they can. I guess it's because
sometime after the battery starts to be charged the Newt checks the
battery's power and if it's below a certain level then it thinks it's not
taking a charge. All of that was a guess but I'll bet I'm right.
When I bought my UMP2000 the battery was totally flat and I got the message
saying it couldn't be charged. I just kept taking it (the battery) out and
putting it back in again (whilst the newt was plugged in to the mains) and
after a few goes the Newton eventually agreed to charge it and it's been
fine ever since!
Just my two penneth.
Brad
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RobertRuff@aol.com [mailto:RobertRuff@aol.com]
> Sent: 09 March 2000 14:54
> To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
> Subject: NTLK Help : charging problems.
>
>
> NewtFriends,
>
> Equiptment: Newton 2000 upgraded to 2100
> OS: 2.1
> Apple NIMH rechargable battery pack #H0163
> Newton 9W Power Adaptor #H0165
>
> Before I took a trip out of the country (USA North) to the
> Dominican
> Republic (DR), where the electric power is inconsistant in
> both supply and
> quality, my Newton battery was giving me upto 14 days use on
> a charge.
> In the DR often when power is available it is less than 110
> VAC somewhere
> at 80 or 90 VAC, so I used a line conditioner which I was
> told would prevent
> spikes, surges, voltages greater than 110 VAC and do it's
> best to raise the
> power to the standard 110 although I suspect that it was not
> able to raise
> the power at all times.
> I guess this because an audio CD would randomly not be able
> to track a CD yet
> other times the same one worked perfectly.
>
> While inthe DR the battery would not hold a charge for
> more than 2 days so
> for most of the trip I used alkalines except for emailing
> which the alkalines
> did not seem to be able to do.
> Now that I'm back I' finding that the original rechargable
> battery lasts
> less than a day. A back up battery that I bought almost a
> year ago from OZ
> and never used will not hold a charge at all.
>
> I hope to meet with a friend this evening to see if his
> charger will charge
> either of my batteries with my Newton and to see if his
> charger will charge
> either of my batteries with his Newton. If I can get a
> charge on the
> batteries I'll send them with him to see what kind of life
> they get in his
> Newton.
>
> More on this when I see him.
>
>
> Any Ideas,
>
> TIA
>
> RobertRuff
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