Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:02:15 +0100
From: "Dave's Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Battery question
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From: "Dale Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Battery question
Hi Dale
> $8 seems inexpensive for Li-ion perhaps these are not.
Thats what I thought at the time, but they say Li-Ion on the box, and the
battery, and have the same part number as Sony spec for their minidisc player.
They were clearing out old stock from the shop, so I guess they might have been
on the shelf for a while.
Do Li-Ion's hae a long shelf life?
>I thought the lib
> packs had 6 cells in them, two (strings of 3) in parallel. Maybe the
> standard is 1 string and the hi-capacity is 2 strings for the extra
> capacity.
Yeah, from the size of the standard pack, it looks like they thought they might
get two rows inside it, but when they got the actual batteries delivered, they
wouldnt fit so they made two types? Well, it looks that way when you open it...
=O)
> The mah rating is the measure of capacity but some
> battery chemistries don't allow a large load (Lib vs. Minidisc) and the life
> was greatly reduced. If the cells you tried were 1200mah then they should
> have lasted 60 to 90 minutes (assumption from list). Something was wrong,
> not charged, batts bad and wouldn't charge ==> cheap price, not 1200mah -
> only 2-300mah. Thanks again for the info.
If I gae them a little charge (they wouldnt charge for long) they the machine
would boot up. It did seem that is the current drain on them was over 1A (at
boot up) then they would die, but worked OK during normal use.
When I get around to it, Im going to charge them up in the minidisc player and
see how they go before trying a second time.
Cheers
Dave
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