> > The best price for my PB1400 battery that I have found is $200 (+taxes = >> $28 and shipping = variable), which is almost half what my book is worth on > > the market. >
I would get a dremel, cut the thing open carefully, and order the individual battery packs. You should be able to do it for a lot less than $200. You risk killing it but if it's dead already (shrug). there is one guy on ebay that sells batteries, his ebay ad says he'll give you $8 for a dead battery; I'm sure this is what he does. There isn't an online instruction manual for refurbing the 1400 batteries but there is one for the 500/540 series, and it should be even easier than the 5xx series since the 1400 has less circuitry in the battery pack (I believe). Sometime I will do this to one of my 1400 battery packs, but first I need to get done with 3 other projects, one of which is getting really late. When I try it, success or fail I'll put pictures of the innards on the web so the next person can start a little more informed. B -- -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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
