This is strange to me, that so many folks are trying to rebuild their batteries. I had a 1400, and as I noted here before, you can buy a NEW 1400series battery from Wegenermedia.com for $45 ea-- I ordered two from them about a month ago- I think total was around $110 delivered for two main batteries, and I got the PRAM battery as well with them--it was around $10 as I recall..
I researched the rebuild route on the battery, and the cheapest i could find the individual cells put me at just under $50 for parts alone. I got the PRAM battery as well, as I wasn't sure about it--my date & time seem to be holding fine, but occasionally the machine wouldn't boot.. Of course you can't for SURE say that's the PRAM, but when I got the new battery and new PRAM battery in, she's running steady as can be! I just thought it's a LOT less expensive to buy than build, not even considering the time necessary to do it right. I found that I could get the cells for PRAM batteries, but it was $7.50/cell + shipping (newark.com), and then i had do the soldering & test it all, and if I screwed up anything, newark wasn't going to give me my money back. Anyway, just seems to me the intelligent thing to do, and I was quite happy with the results... All the best, Tom In a message dated 11/13/03 12:58:48 AM, you wrote: >Ruffin Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Saw that the Powerbook Guy has 'em for $16, which sounds like an decent >>price, but thought I'd ask the list before shelling out. *Almost* looks >>like I could run down to Radio Shack and buy two plain jane (rechargable) >>batteries and use the tape and wires from the one I removed to make a new >>one... >Those cells aren't available at any RatShack of which I'm aware. Common >misunderstanding 'round these here parts, you can't use just any ol' cell >what looks like the originals. You gotta use the original Vanadium >Pentoxide Lithium type cells. > >digikey gets ~$7 each for tabbed VL2330 cells (two needed for one PRAM >battery), 10 for $66, so the $16 for a complete pram battery looks to be >the best bet. Assuming those are fresh batteries that is . . . > >Dan K -- 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
