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- From: etxzayl@cate1.ericsson.se (Johan Zeylon IN/SA/BIB)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Battery Acid Timebomb
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 17:40:59 GMT
- Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <4f5ffb$404@erinews.ericsson.se>
- References: <1996Jan30.222927.15109@combdyn.com>
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- In article 15109@combdyn.com, lawrence@combdyn.com (Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen) writes:
- >mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
- >
- >>>Is there a source from which similar, long lasting batteries like the
- >>>ones being used in the A3000T and the A2386SX can be found?
- >
- >>Doesn't matter. You need a 3.6V rechargable NiCD battery. You can
- >>by a standard battery holder box and use 3 standard cells of 1.2V each.
- >
- >I'm about to do this modification to my A3000. the clock is intermitt
- >with power failures...so I guess the battery isn't holding a charge anymore.
- >
- >What I want to know is the A3000 capable of charging regular 1.2V nicad
- >cells (AA).
- >
- >I have a feeling that the mAH rating of the soldered in 3.6V pack is
- >considerably less than AA NiCads.....so the Amiga is probably putting out
- >less than C/20 for AA cells.
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- The battery mounted in my A3000 is a Varta 3.6V 60mAh.
- A standard AA NiCd cell is approx 1000mAh...
- It will probably work, but you will have leave your amiga on for a couple
- of weeks before the new batteries are charged... :-)
- Lowering the values of R190 an R192 might be wise.
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- /Johan
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