Re: [NTLK] Using Rechargables

From: James Nichols (smilr_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Feb 24 2005 - 17:18:55 PST


Not with the AA battery tray, the rechargeable battery pack for the
newton includes a thermistor attached to a couple of extra contacts on
the bottom of the tray. If the newton doesn't sense the presence of
these contacts/thermistor it won't charge.

It is however possible to add a thermistor to the AA battery tray, or
to replace the battery cells in the rechargeable battery pack with new
ones.

Re-cell existing rechargeable pack:
http://www.pda-soft.de/mp2k_battery_pack.html

Add a thermistor to AA battery sled:
http://dev.newtontalk.net/~dpadilla/battery.htm

J Tyler Nichols
On Feb 24, 2005, at 6:48 PM, Adamson_at_aol.com wrote:

> Just wondering, if I were to use rechargeable's in a battery tray with
> a
> Newton power adapter, would the batteries recharge?
>
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