Greetings, I recently acquired an Absolute Duo battery charger, sans docs or any explanation of how exactly it's supposed to work.
It has a red LED, a green LED, a row of LEDs that consist of 4 red ones and three green ones, and a black button. These are on a small plastic case containing a circuit board, and that has a short cable attaching it to the actual single battery holder. No markings or anything on the case- it looks like a sticker of some kind should be there. I'm assuming the row of red/green LEDs is some kind of strength or quality meter. When you put a battery in, either the single red or green LED lights. If you press the button, the red LED always lights, and stays on until the green LED comes on. Only occasionally does the "strength meter" illuminate an LED- usually the high end of the red scale. Being what I consider a reasonably educated person, I assume the battery is charged when the green LED comes on <grin>. What I'm looking for is info on if/how this charger might do any conditioning, and what's the proper sequence of events (full battery/discharged battery, press the button/don't press the button) to go through a full conditioning cycle. Am I better off using this, or the sidecar battery charger that clips to the Duo A/C adapter, or just charging the battery in the Duo itself? New subscriber, first time poster- if there's a FAQ I should reference somewhere, please point it out to me. I've not been able to find any info along these lines on the Mac/Powerbook/Absolute web sites I've checked. TIA, Steve ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
