Joerg Reisenweber wrote: > Am Mi 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Michael Shiloh: >> Joerg Reisenweber wrote: >> >>> Jumpstart the battery is very unlikely to help you out. >>> >> Joerg, can you explain this further? >> >> I've actually had excellent luck jump-starting the battery. I set my >> adjustable power supply at about 4.5V and I connect it directly to the >> battery terminals for just a second, then measure the voltage on the >> battery. If the battery voltage is still zero, I repeat. Usually after a >> few "shocks" the battery comes out of its internal under-voltage protection. >> >> I understand that GTA01 batteries have no hysteresis and need just one >> "shock" (in fact Werner said "one electron" I think) to come out of >> under-voltage protection. I understand that GTA02 batteries have >> hysteresis and require more coulombs injected before they will recover. > > I'm just suspicious a shock-reanimated battery holds enough power (=voltage) > to bring us over the boot gap, and won't activate protection again just in > no-time when we try to pull energy. That's all. Of course you can shockstart > battery out of protect-mode, no doubt. But did you get a boot with such a > bat?
I thought so, yes, but I'll check again to verify. Michael _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
