On 15/10/2006, at 12:48 PM, Sonny Hung wrote:
> On 10/14/06, Steve Hammond <hammond.steve@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Frank tutorial pages are more to re-celling the pack, which imply
>> that the original battery pack is dismantle and rebuild with new
>> battery, keeping old parts that are still usable, like the thermal
>> resistance.
> Let me just say a few items.
> There are only a few items that are used besides the wiring...
> This would be the Thermistor and the Polycell Fuse.
> I believe the item in question is referring to the Polycell Fuse
> (hopefully I have described this correctly) It is the item used to
> prevent major damage to a pack in case it gets shorted.
> This is the Yellow Square with rectangular metal wings extending on
> both ends.
> Example located here: http://flickr.com/photos/sonnyhung/107275162/
This is known as a "PolyTemp", because it is a temperature based
resettable fuse made of a special polymer. It is designed to cut out at
a certain temperature to stop charging discharging before the batteries
catch on fire/melt things/explode/etc. ;-P
Regards,
- Adam Goddard
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