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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!russsan
- From: russsan@microsoft.com (Russell Sanchez)
- Subject: Re: Psion Series 3 Battery Question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.210244.29169@microsoft.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 21:02:44 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <Bxyz5A.EGx@fsg.com> <1992Nov21.115807.88@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Nov21.115807.88@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> nrf@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (neal.r.fildes) writes:
- >From article <Bxyz5A.EGx@fsg.com>, by jeremy@fsg.com (Jeremy C.M. Sevareid):
- >>
- >> My new Psion Series 3 (V. 180F/ENG) occassionally flashes
- >> a warning message. It says that the main battery is low.
- >>
- >> But, when I check the batteries with the System Info menu
- >> item Batteries, it says that the main battery is good.
- >> What's going on here?
- >>
- >
- >in the US, psion recommends that you use only 'copper-top' batteries because
- >the contacts are designed for UK batteries, and the only US manufacturer
- >whos batteries are similiar is duracell.
- >
- >nrf
-
- I have used ONLY duracells on my P3 for the three months I have owned it.
- However, I get the same contradictory messages. Even the System Info
- will switch back and forth between "low" and "good".
- You will find the same thing happens with the backup battery.
- It may be that the battery level sensor is so sensitive that even temperature
- variations effect it. I don't mind! The more warning, the better!
- In the end, I replace the batteries only when System Info consistently says
- they are low.
-
- Russ
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