What the previous poster was talking about was doing something dangerous like connecting the battery very briefly to a car battery or charged capacitor. It could fix it, but it could also cause the thing to blow up which wouldn't be pleasant.
The safe route is to buy new cells and rebuild the battery, but it takes some work to do so. So, you can either risk injury for a quick but iffy fix, or go the safe route for a good battery that takes some work. If you decide to do the car battery or cap route and shoot your eye out, don't come crying to me ;) Scott Holder At 11:17 PM 4/18/2002 -0700, you wrote: >I've got a non-functioning cell in one of my 5xx >batteries, and have seen a couple of posts that >mentioned clearing shorted cells. Can anyone give more >specifics on how this is done? Do you have to cut open >the battery to do it? > >TIA, >Don Silver > > >I also cleared a shorted cell by applying short > >bursts of high ma. to that cell. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
