The m100 techref schematic shows 1.6k (I think - it's an awful photocopy I found online)
https://dl.google.com/dl/androidjumper/mtp/502266/androidfiletransfer.dmg On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:01 PM, John Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a good point! Do you know offhand the size of the > > current-limiting resistor in series with the NiCD? > > On 5/31/17, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had given 80mah as part of the search term to use, because that is the > > standard capacity of the current standard drop-in replacement for the > same > > size/shape/style as the old nicd battery. The nicd version were 50 to 60 > > mah. > > > > I'm not worried about overcharging because the internal battery is only > > charged while the main power is turned on, and by default it turns itself > > off when idle for 10 minutes. > > > > To overcharge the internal battery, you would have to actively use the > > thing for more than a day or so to get into that territory, or disable > the > > 10 minute idle power off, and, do one of those while plugged in to the > > wall. Normally, either you turn it off, or it shuts itself off, or the AA > > batteries die long before 24 hours. > > > > I thought I read somewhere that you had the same limit with the original > > battery too anyway, ie that you couldn't charge that forever either. But > I > > don't see any such admonition in the user or service manuals, and it is > > possible to trickle charge nicd (more or less, it's not actually > harmless, > > just not quickly catastrophic), so, perhaps that is a valid > consideration. > > > > Personally, I would not, for example, plug an M100 into the wall, issue a > > POWER CONT in basic, and then run it 24/7 as a server or something, even > > with the original battery. So, short of that, I see no difference. > > > > And, when you search for the original batteries by actual part/model > > number, vendors and manufacturers offer nimh's as replacements. That > tells > > me that the new battery is expected to work in the same conditions as the > > old. > > > > -- > > bkw > > > > On May 30, 2017 10:05 PM, "Josh Malone" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Okay - I was looking for 80mAh for some reason. The ref manual doesn't > >> specify the capacity, but I see the R/S part was a 50mAh originally. > >> > >> So, yeah, other than having to buy 4 at a time, ebay wins. I'm gonna > wind > >> up with quite a stock of 100/102 spare parts at this rate. > >> > >> -Josh > >> > >> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 9:22 PM, Mike Stein <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> eBay 401159712873, 400826285784 etc. > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> *From:* Josh Malone <[email protected]> > >>> *To:* [email protected] > >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 30, 2017 8:31 PM > >>> *Subject:* Re: [M100] Oh no - think my internal nicad finally given up > >>> theghost > >>> > >>> nimh are just easier to find it seems. A quick googling finds a > >>> godzillion sources of NiMH cells in the right specs, but I can't > >>> actually > >>> find an easy supplier of nicd cells in the right specs. > >>> > >>> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 6:31 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> What's wrong with NiCd? As designed... > >>>> > >>>> -- John. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > >
