[NTLK] Advice on recelling an eMate300 battery pack

Rufus Kohn rufuskohn at gmail.com
Mon Oct 23 14:25:24 EDT 2017


I used 4 3500 mAh and it works fine. I was thinking of building a point
welder from an old microwave but I was lazy so I soldered them in and that
was no feast.

Op ma 23 okt. 2017 om 19:49 schreef Abraham Limpo <abraham at familialimpo.net>

> 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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