My k-3 died with a third party battery in it. I have no idea if that was the problem or not. Never again though. Never again.
On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 6:38 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > One of the contest winners at Grandfather Mountain this weekend was > shooting with a borrowed camera because a third party battery had fried > the mother board in her camera. I don't think she was a Pentax shooter. > > > On 6/3/2017 05:33, Bipin Gupta wrote: >> >> I've had a DLI90 battery swell on the flat sides and get jammed inside >> the camera. >> So I first googled and found out what was inside the plastic shell. >> Found it had two Lithium cells >> connected to a tiny motherboard sitting on top. >> So using a drill without caution would go through the motherboard and >> perhaps cause problems. >> >> So I used a craft drill with a 2 mm drill bit at slow speed. I wrapped >> a colored electrical tape 1.5 mm >> from the tip which was about the thickness of the battery shell. >> >> Drilled gently to puncture the shell without touching the motherboard. >> >> Bent 2 #s 2 mm thick steel strip into L-shape and stuck them on top of >> the battery in a T-shape with >> Araldite Epoxy - slow curing type. Let it to cure for 24 hours. >> >> Then drooped just a wee bit of Singer Sewing Machine oil on both the >> sides. >> >> Grabbed the steel strip and slowly pulled out the battery. >> >> The battery shell was swollen on the camera contact side. >> >> Before scrapping it I dared to charge it on a cheap ebay charger. Then >> checked the voltage. Eureka >> 8.4 volts. Checked for heat build up and there was none. >> >> Peeled the sticker on the swollen contact side and rubbed it down on >> an Emery Sheet. Put it inside >> the K-5, and voila the camera showed Full Charge and it was working. >> >> Better sense got hold of me and I scrapped this 3rd Party 3-year old >> battery. Had won it on an evil bay >> bid for $ 3.99. Lesson learnt - use good quality stuff like DSTE or >> Wahabi for $ 6 to 9. >> >> Note: I have used some (9) #s 3rd Part Batteries on my K-20D, K-5 & >> K-5 IIs with just this loss. >> >> Regards. >> Bipin >> >> Photography focuses you to see things you may not notice otherwise. >> > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
