on 06/03/04 23:47, Frank Cornew at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On 04/03/04 15:50, "Clark Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> At 9:03 AM -0600 3/4/04, John Slavin wrote: >>>> I've been meaning to ask this question for a long time. Over on the >>>> Duo list there are discussions from time to time about rebuilding >>>> the batteries. It is pretty well generally accepted that using a >>>> dremel tool, and some care, it's pretty easy to open up the battery >>>> and replace the cells, at a cost quite a bit less than a replacement >>>> battery. Is it possible to do that on the wallstreet battery? Has >>>> anyone done it? >>> >>> As a rule, no, or at least not easily. The first problem is that >>> Lithium cells are not generally available. There is, I believe, also >>> an issue with resetting the controller chip inside the battery. Even >>> if you can find the cells they may cost so much as to make it not >>> worth your effort, although that is purely speculation on my part. >> >> Indeed. I was able to find relative cheap lithium cells on eBay ($40). I >> proceeded to rebuild one of my Pismo battery. I had some problems fitting >> the cells in the housing, but I've never been able to reset the controller >> chip. So, my Pismo never wanted to recharge the battery... >> >> -Laurent. >> -- > > Laurent: > Ever try to reset/recharge in a PB (is it the Wallstreet? or the > Lombard?) that would accept the Pismo battery and would also run > Battery Reset? Just to take advantage of your work and to divert some > toxic waste from the landfill for the time being. Tend to agree with > a later poster on this thread that rebuilding isn't cost effective at > present.
Didn't have a Lombard around to try to reset it, unfortunately... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bug-compatible adj.: [common] Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (esp.) previous releases of itself. "MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as apath separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0." -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
