Of course all these things are a question of probability.
And I can assure you that the probability of having an accident or to get
ill in a foreign country is by far higher than the risk of damaging your
Newt due to a busting battery pack as long as you use the things as intended
(first of all if use the proper adpator).
There are certain precautions to prevent this from happen:
1) the current of the adaptor is limited and the voltage controlled
(regulated)
2) the Newt has implemeted an "intelligent" charging method, measuring both,
the battery voltage and the battery temperature
3) if the battery temperature is going to raise above something around 28
degrees the Newt will already start to limit and reduce the charging current
(you can easily prove that if you run BattTrax during charging as I do in
most cases)
4) the last and most insensitive protection is this thermao-fuse in the
battery pack which comes into action only in case of ALL the above mentioned
protections would fail.
And again: this is easy to achieve if you do not use the original power
adaptor, I have been there, done that -> Newt was killed completely ->
battery pack survived, but that was not my point.
Johannes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Frank Gruendel
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:50 AM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] Battery pack thermo switch
>
>
>
> > 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
>
> As long as everyone drives exactly according to traffic law, you'll never
> need
> an airbag. Still...
> Protection hardware is built in to take care of the situation where one of
> the
> "as long" 's becomes an "until recently"...
> But this is kind of a philosophic discussion. Like whether you need
> insurance.
> Most people have been telling me I was stupid to have a health
> insurance for
> foreign countries, considering the fact that I don't go abroad on
> a regular
> basis. Until I was refunded the cost for 10 days of severe illness in
> Australia.
> Which was about as much as the next 300 years of insurance fee will
> cost me...
>
> Frank
>
> Newton hardware and software at http://www.pda-soft.de
>
>
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