From: Dan (dan_at_dbdigitalweb.com)
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 22:02:55 PDT
*snip*
>>want to bother with a switch, you could just put a piece of electric
>>tape over the contacts which will do the same thing. Not as elegant,
>>but functional (and no one is going to see it anyway).
*snip*
> Dan,
> this is not the case. With a short the Newton thinks the accu has a
> temperature of 64 deg C an will not charge and with an open circuit it is
> like the battery sled or, as I call it, battery tray. If successfully
> modified some battery trays and mounted a small two-layer PCB with a
> DIP-switch and a thermistor on one side and the two contact pads on the
> other side. It is sort of detailed described here:
> http://www.newted.dyndns.org/users/mmailand/www/Npages/Naccu/Naccu.html
*Snip*
Ok I stand corrected. I was told that by someone I thought was
knowledgeable about Newts, I guess he (and I)was mistaken.
-Dan
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