Thanks for the info! I never would have thought about taking that old one
appart. :) I figgured that they were stuck so well that it would just
destroy the clip. Guess I figgured wrong. ;)
Dan Barber
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Isley <newt@crosspaths.net>
To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: NTLK Question about Newton battery packs.
>Dan,
>
>When my battery pack started failing, I went down to our local battery shop
>and bought new high-capacity NiCd AA's. (You can find them at RadioShack,
>too.) I then carefully pried the metal holders away from the old batteries
>(they're held together by adhesive), put the new batteries in the
>appropriate spots, squeezed them all together, and put them in my Newt.
>Voila! A brand new battery pack - works great, and the adhesive is sticky
>enough to keep on holding.
>
>It cost me about $10, if I remember correctly.
>
>Just my two cents. Hope this helps!
>
>Keith Isley
>newt@crosspaths.net
>
>
>
>> I have a Apple battery pack for a 120/130 that won't charge anymore. I
>place
>> it in the charge craddle and it just charges and charges, never finishes
>and
>> never gets warm. I assume the battery pack is dead but it was working
>fine
>> then all of the sudden it starts doing this.
>>
>> So, I thought I would ask before I ditch it as one can't buy these things
>> any more. :(
>>
>
>
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