At 8:30 AM -0700 4/1/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I'm pretty new to this list, and all the talk about batteries (mostly for the >2400) makes me think that I needn't "throw away" (recycle) my apparently >completely dead Duo Type III (by someone other than Apple; I forget whom) >battery. It sounds as if I can "simply" buy the appropriate number (I assume >8) of 4/5 A NiMH cells, cut open the plastic case, replace those inside with >the new ones, put the case back together, and have a new battery. So: is that >correct? And, if it is, where do I get the 4/5 A cells that have solder tabs >on them? Also, is there any kind of logic in the battery itself (I think that >i have inferred that there *is* for the 2400)? Is there a way to test it? >What do I do if it's bad? > >I guess I'm asking if there is a FAQ somewhere, or some kind of set of >instruc- >tions (a primer, really), that will guide me through the process of making a >new battery, for less than the approximately $100 that "ready-made" one costs.
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