Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 09:19:58 -0500 From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Complete success
On Sun, 1 Sep 2002 15:48:37 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 15:43:39 -0700 (PDT) >From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Complete success > > >> I lost track of what you've been doing here. I gather that you're packing >> higher capacity LiIon cells into the standard sized L50/70 power pack >> case... yes? And it this perhaps something that hasn't been done in the >> past? >> > > Boy's basically repacking the standard battery pack on the Libretto with new >Li-Ion cells he bought elsewhere. Another thread earlier had some guy in South >Asia have a battery company put in new cells - he said it worked fine for him >after they charged him some silly little sum of money for it - search Mailing >List archives. It'd be great if we could find a company in Asia to ship cells to us in the US. We could get them dirt cheap then. > > Also, in the past, believe a few had replaced their cells themselves - search >archives for years ago. > > In any case, it's easy. Most laptop battery packs are not one big battery, >but instead, many little standard cells about AA sized or just a touch larger >hooked together to get the higher V/A output. If you can find equal sized >cells with better ratings, then you can repack and get longer battery life. >That should be easy because in the old days, we only saw things like 1400mAh >Ni-Mh AAs and today, they've released 2000mAh Ni-Mh cells. Same applies for >the Li-Ion cells in the Librettos. > > Of course, you do have to be careful as they can blow up, short, exploded on >you if you're not careful. Plus, the voltages must match pretty well or else >the charging and receiving circuits may go wacky. > > Beyond that, I suppose the only thing we'd like to see are exact part #s and >contact info for the vendor(s) who he got the cells from in case anyone else >wants to do the same.... Posted. Plus it's in the archives. > > d =) > >===== >adorable toshiba libretto >The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. >http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes >http://finance.yahoo.com > > > >************************************************************** >http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list >http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- >Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be >addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text >on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ >Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest >************************************************************** > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
