[NTLK] Advice on recelling an eMate300 battery pack

[Abraham Limpo]

Thanks Elias... Do you know if I can use higher mAh rating...

Varta seems to offer VH1300 replacing the VH1200 the original pack offered.

2017-10-23 15:45 GMT+02:00 Elias Basse <kd5jfe at gmail.com>:

> Abraham,
>
> To save myself the hassle of battery pack major soldering, I picked up a
> 9.6v rc battery pack containing 8 aa cells and removed 2 cells. I then
> wrapped it in electrical tape after soldering the connector.  This did the
> trick and had minimal soldering.  It even contained the polyfuse to protect
> the pack.  Be sure to check polarity but that's simple if you have a volt
> meter that measures polarity.
>
> Also the pack was only 10usd and gave me extra cells to recell a second
> time.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Best Regards
> Elias
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 23, 2017, at 7:12 AM, Abraham Limpo <abraham at familialimpo.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello fellow newtonians!
> >
> > I got myself (thanks to the list ;) ) a well used emate 300. The battery
> is
> > barely holding a charge and I would like to know if its very hard to
> recell
> > it and get back to the 30 hours of typing goodness.
> >
> > I'm not averse to soldering components so any directions would be
> helpful.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Abraham
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