Bob and Nils,
The battery cases are glued or heat fused together, I was able to break the bond without destroying the case in one instance with a small metal spatula after finding an area that was not fused and working slowly to break areas that were fused, and in another case I accidentally dropped the battery after removing the sliding door in prep for case separation and the case parted cleanly. The Batteries are available new from BTI, and I have a Lind external battery with adapter that will run my machine for 4-5 hr.. This site has more info one the machine:
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/pb180.html
I have a really good replacement battery from Gadget Power, but they are no longer in business. A Google search should turn up a lot of interesting sites.
Roger
Bob C. wrote:
First and foremost, thanks for visiting my site, and I'm glad you enjoyed Martin's articles! :-)
I have not yet attempted opening the battery case myself, but intend to try it soon on my PB170 battery. If anyone has accomplished this and has pictures they could share, I'd love to see them, too, and would be most happy to host them on the site to complement Martin's articles.
Bob http://macs.freeshell.org
Nils wrote:
These descriptions on <http://macs.freeshell.org/powerbook/index.htm> look promising. I have an PB 180c I would love to run on battery again. Has anyone tried these suggestions and perhaps made pics? I have no idea what awaits me if I open the battery case (and how do I do that?). Many thanks in advance, Nils
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