Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 13:33:38 +1300 From: Fran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery
SC's are standard radio controlled car cells (Sub C). Easy to build a pack from them as theyre tabbed already. Fran :):):) On Sat, 08 Feb 2003 08:56, bcotton wrote: > Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 15:06:46 -0500 > From: "bcotton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery > > I have a 1400ma hour nickel cadmium rechargeable made from 10 SC tabbed > cells in series. (Digikey sell as a unit and 1800 maH) I get more than > three hours from this package. I have a sealed lead acid that I use on > long bicycle trips and I get 8 hours from this setup. > I get my 15 volts from the power brick. I plug both the power supply and > the external into the Libretto 50 when the external battery is discharge. > I leave it this way until both lights are green. If I am ready to use > this setup, I disconnect both, I then reconnect the external battery and > both green lights comes on as if the Lib is charging. If I am not going > to use external power, I only disconnect the external battery. However, > as mention in other threads, the quit is without much warning. I have use > this setup for 5 years and still have the original batteries. > http://www.billcotton.com/tripmate.htm > I don't have a picture of the SC cells but they are smaller than a C cell > and the thickness of the Lib. So it fits behind my Lib in the Bible case > that I used. > > // Bill Cotton: Latitude N40� 03.756' W75� 06.192' > / / Phone 215 663-8363 Data 215 663-8364 > // [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > // [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > // www.billcotton.com > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "barnacle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:06 AM > Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery > > > Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 07:03:16 +0000 > From: barnacle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery > > On Friday 07 Feb 2003 1:16 am, you wrote: > > Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 02:14:29 +0100 > > From: Julian Vassaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Battery > > > > Hi all ! > > I've got a Lib50 and I'm thinking of adding an external battery, as > > explained on the fixup.net web site (the one with the led to get the > > 15V to start the libretto). > > I've seen I can have lead batteries for quite a few money, for example > > a 3.2Ah for 20euro or even a 7Ah for 23euro (but this one is too > > heavy). What do you think about it? Has anyone tried a 3.2Ah lead > > battery with a libretto? > > I do not want to damage it!!! How much running time do you think I can > > have on this battery (not including the internal battery). > > Thanks > > Julian > > There's a lot of comments from about three years ago in the archives > (www.technoir.nu) which would be worth seeking out. > > IIRC your biggest problem - if you use a battery plugged into the power > socket > - is identifying when the battery is discharged. The lib silently > switches to > its own battery and when that's empty, it dies without any warning. > > Neil > > > > ************************************************************** > 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 > ************************************************************** ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
