Thanks, Kurt. That seems relatively straightforward. I appreciate the tech manual reference also. I’ll try this mod sometime.
Best wishes, Anthony On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, Kurt McCullum <ku...@fastmail.com> wrote: > Here is a link to the manual. A picture of the PCB is on page 1-6. It's > the reserved through holes on that picture. > > Kurt > > *www.club100.org/ftp/T200servicemanual.pdf > <http://www.club100.org/ftp/T200servicemanual.pdf>* > > > > > > On Wed, May 2, 2018, at 4:47 AM, Anthony Coghlan wrote: > > Kurt, if it’s not already posted somewhere (in which case you can just > refer me through the link), could you post / share the procedure for > converting a 200 to use rechargeable AA batteries? It was fortunately easy > on the 100 but I believe a bit more involved on both the 200 and 102. > Thanks. That would be a nice upgrade. I’ll check my NiCd backup battery > while I’m in there also... > > Best wishes, > Anthony > > > > On Tuesday, May 1, 2018, Kurt McCullum <ku...@fastmail.com> wrote: > > > Supercap definitely won't work in a 200. Just disassembled mine to finally > put a NiCd backup battery back in and make the conversion to rechargeable > AA batteries . > The supercaps do work in my 102 and 8201. > > Kurt > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 5:26 PM, John Gardner wrote: > > I did'nt change anything. Note, however, that the 8201a is similar > > but not identical to the 100/102. It's probably worth comparing the > > schematics before doing the modification. Kurt, IIRC, had some > > issues with dropping a supercap into a 200... > > On 4/30/18, Jeffrey Birt <bir...@soigeneris.com> wrote: > > Did you need to replace any part of the charging circuitry? I suspect not > as > it was the NiCad was only a 50mah part and if it was charge as C/10 then > any > super cap could handle the 5ma with no issues (I'm guessing). > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> On Behalf Of John Gardner > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 4:50 PM > To: m...@bitchin100.com > Subject: Re: [M100] New user, AA battery leakage > > I replaced my two 8201a NiCds with supercaps 6-7 years ago. > > It just works, so far. > > > > > > >
