No, Marco,
the thermoswitch is in series to the battery pack such that the charging
current will flow through it, it is not the thermistor which is used to
measure the battery temperature.
Nevertheless I am of the same opinion: the thermoswitch does not really a
good job.
Johannes
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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Marco Mailand
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:19 PM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Battery pack thermo switch
>
>
>
> > To bring it to the point:
> > as long as you do not leave your Newt unattended while fast
> charging - no
> > problem as long as your battery pack is well treated and healthy - no
> problem
> > as long as you use the original power adaptor only - no problem
> This thermo switch thing, which switches a little bit is simply
> not useable,
> period. For what was it intended to be used? I find the Newton
> solution much
> better and have successfully used off the shelf thermistors from Conrad
> electronics mailorder which work quite well in the Newton accu.
> --
> With best Regards / Viele Gruesse!
>
> Marco Mailand
>
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