I too built a battery. Major hassle finding the right connector and $5.99 is a very fair price. However, could I persuade you to share your instructions? I followed the instructions at
http://cms.diodenring.de/de/electronic/microcontroller/92-squeezebox and there are a few ambiguities. 1. Packaging the batteries. The batteries won't fit in the SBR when using regular battery holders. I purchased two version, and they are both too big. What do you do for packaging? Solder directly to the ends of the battery? That would probably fit, but I'm unsure about damage to the battery. Perhaps use batteries manufactured with solder tabs? That too would likely work, but all the sources I could find charge about $4.00 per battery. 2. Battery taps. The referenced web site puts taps between cells 3/4 and 7/8. It appears to be a guess on the part of the author. Add to that another guess on my part - which tap goes to which connector pin and you've got some serious experimentation going on. My experience was good for a while. I connected the 3/4 tap to to pin 3 and the 7/8 tap to pin 5 (using the numbering scheme on the reference web site) Battery one is considered the first one in the series stack, where the positive connection goes directly to pin 1. The battery charged up normally (topping out at about 29 degrees C) and then I used it straight on battery power. After several hours (about 6) the battery was showning about one third remaining. Music continued to play, but none of the buttons would work. Not even the power or volume button. Pulling the battery connection reset the box, and it promptly did it again. It's now on wall power with the batteries charging again. Clearly something is amiss and I am hoping it is related to the battery tap connections. Again, could you share your instructions? -- wrf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wrf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36058 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75056 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
