From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.int)
Date: Mon Mar 21 2005 - 00:19:38 PST
Be warned,
(and I really hope it is not too late already)
in most cases it is a bad idea to use an power adaptor that is capable of
providing more than 1.2 Amps at 7.5V!
As you already said - your old rechargeables are not charging properly and
that might be the very reason that you have not fried yet your Emate!
You can do a simple check with the old rechargeables: get BattTrax on your
machine and check the current during charging.
To get an idea what your adaptyer is REALLY providing, use the battery
display from AVIs BD or get NewtTest and select Battery:
there you will see all the voltages and the charging current.
If the label on your adaptor states 7.5V and 1.33A this is one thing.
What it really provides is a different story.
So it would be really wise to check that first!
Cheers
Johannes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Grietje Keller
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 2:25 PM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] Adaptor for eMate
> Hallo,
> I got my eMate about 4 years ago with a non-original adaptor, 7,5
> V; 1,33 A.
> The batteries never worked good, so I've always used my eMate
> together with
> the adapter. I often get messages like, that the eMate isn't
> charging good,
> because there is too much power. And almost everytime I turn my eMate on,
> after some hours turned of, he restarts totally because the
> batteries had no
> power at all and I have to tap those x's with the stylus.
> So now I will, next Tuesday, replace the batteries, according to the 'how
> to' on http://www.pda-soft.de/hardware.html. I will do it together with a
> friend. (he has also an emate and we will also do the batteries of another
> friend.)
> I was wondering: is it necessary to have the perfect adaptor (1,2
> A instead
> of the 1,33 I have now). I went to a shop to buy one, yesterday, and they
> said there this adaptor should be okay.
> Greetings
> Grietje
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