Re: [NTLK] Bringing back a dead battery pack

From: Jordi Rosquillas (rosquillas_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Oct 21 2002 - 16:38:57 EDT


Would it be safe to try to connect directly the 9w charger to the battery t=
o
try this procedure? Or should I get other charger to do it.
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Jordi Rosquillas Tovilla

el 21/10/2002 2:49 PM, G.E. Ross , g.e.ross_at_sympatico.ca escribi=F3:

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> I have a low level car battery charger which puts out 6 volts at 6 amps, =
as
> well as 12v. Took two tries at 6v. First one, touching contacts a couple =
of
> seconds, got a 3/4 charge on the Newton battery scale when battery was
> inserted, which dropped to zero in a few seconds and a "waiting" message.
> Second try I zapped for over 10 seconds and got a full battery signal on =
the
> Newton, after which it began a regular charging cycle.
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> THANK YOU VERN!
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> On 10/21/02 10:39 AM, "Vernon LeMoignan" <greenguy_at_oanet.com> wrote:
>> I recently bought a 2100 on ebay as a backup.
>> when it arrived the battery pack was dead and the Newton wouldn't
>> charge it. I've worked repairing
>> computers for a long time and had seen similar problems with laptops
>> before, were the battery voltage
>> was so low that the charging circuitry wouldn't see the battery, and as
>> a result wouldn't charge it.
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