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- From: gene_heskett@wvlink.mpl.com (Gene Heskett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A3k Battery Location?
- Date: 07 Mar 96 09:02:50 +0500
- Organization: MountainNet, Inc. Morgantown WV 800.444.1458
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- References: <4hhvj7$kme@tandem.CAM.ORG> <19960306.7B6C550.F0BD@mother.com>
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- Hey Dan, the guy asked a legit question which did not require a
- holier than thou answer! Didn't yo moma teach you nothin?
-
- Anyway, the battery *probably* is a 1/2-5/8" diameter gismo shrink
- wrapped in a heavy, (probably) bright blue plastic that shows it has
- 3 ribs over the length of it. And it will be obvious that the metal
- portions visible on the ends are bright *stainless steel* (at least
- until the leakage gets to it) with the leg on one end having a single
- tab soldered into the board, and the leg on the other end having two
- tabs soldered into the board.
-
- If its leaking, there will be a white, almost saltlike coating on the
- ends of it and on the board. This is the electrolyte from the
- battery and is sodium hydroxide, aka *lye*. Wash it off with warm
- water, allowing the board to get really wet so whats absorbed into
- the board might dissolve again and be rinsed away.
-
- Check its voltage too, should be in the 3.6ish area. If 2.4ish or
- 1.2ish, replace even if not leaking as it has a shorted cell or 2. I
- found a somewhat wider but otherwise usable replacement at my local
- electroncis supply store.
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- DJF> In article <4hhvj7$kme@tandem.CAM.ORG> realm@cam.org (Real
- DJF> Morel) writes:
- >> Having read some of the horror stories about the
- >> batteries on A3000s rotting out I decided to have a look
- >> at mine when I was doing my 3.1 upgrade.
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- Dan's reply and sig deleted!
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