From: Woody Smith (woodysmith_at_comcast.net)
Date: Sun Jan 23 2005 - 14:00:36 PST
I suspect that that the technique was to leave it in the eMate till it
shut down. If you want to fully discharge the battery pack, I think
you will need to put an appropriate load across the red and black wires
such as a six volt light bulb. Don't try this until others have had a
chance to point out how stupid it is.
If you are unable to get it to take a charge at all, try chilling it
for 15 or 20 minutes in a freezer then try charging. Others have
reported success with slapping it firmly against a hard surface.
I recommend rebuilding the pack. Modern NiMH batteries have twice the
capacity as the original cells and it is a relatively simple task.
Woody
On Jan 23, 2005, at 3:00 PM, David Lairson wrote:
> I read somewhere on the list that one way to try and recondition an old
> emate battery is to let it run completely dry then recharge it ten
> times. I
> thought that I would give this a try but it is taking like 20 hours
> for my
> battery to run dry! Is this normal? Is it because I'm note doing
> anything
> and just letting it sit? What is going on here?
>
> Thanks,
> David
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