On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Carol Moon wrote: > Does any one know how much load to put on a 3V non-rechargesble lithium > battery to test it? It looks OK on the drugstore tester & on a 20K > ohms/volt meter.
As I recall, battery testers typically have a 150 Ohm resistor in parallel across the voltmeter. Given that your computer probably draws less than a few microamps for CMOS & Clock, if either shows adequate voltage, the battery should be good for years. One thing to watch, however: some older computers were designed to use 3.6 V NiCad batteries, or even 4.5 V dry cell batteries. Boyd Ramsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
