on 10/21/02 9:49 PM, G.E. Ross at g.e.ross_at_sympatico.ca wrote:
> 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.
For those who don't have such equipment, simply plugging and unplugging the
power supply from the Newton several times, leaving it plugged in for a
couple seconds each time works as well. I forgot who offered this tip, but
that was what worked for my "dead" battery. :-)
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