[NTLK] The death of a MessagePad 2000 battery

[Woo]

Two reasons IIRC,

the recharge circuit in the Newt reads the temp on the batt., so a lower temp allows the circuit to recharge a batt even though the voltage is usually too low.

the electrolyte in the battery crystallizes at lower temps., giving a lower temp starting point for the recharge cycle.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeremy O'Brien <obrien654j at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 31, 2010 3:55 PM
>To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
>Subject: Re: [NTLK] The death of a MessagePad 2000 battery
>
>OK, so it worked. But why did it work? Magic newton voo doo?
>
>On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 04:37:55AM -0500, Woo wrote:
>> Wrap it air-tight in a ziplock bag, 
>> put it in the freezer for 1-2 hrs.,
>> take out of bag, make sure no condensation on batt. terminals,
>> put into Newt and recharge overnight.
>> HTH.
>> 
>> I've bought 'dead' batts and got some use after this trick. :) YMMV.
>> 
>
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