Brian, Those are precisely the same batteries I've been using to build up refurbished 5-cell rechargeable packs for my machines also. They've been working very well. I got my battery sets off of eBay and they arrived within 10 days or so. They still sell them there so you'll be able to find 'em.
Gary On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 8:34 PM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > My PC-8300 came with a rechargeable battery pack that had a tiny 60mah > battery originally, a 5 button cell nicd hot-glued in the middle, with a > couple diodes & a resistor and it's own barrel jack to charge the pack. > All corroded and dead of course. > > I determined that you could fit 5 x 1/2AA nimh cells in the same case, > same voltage, same charger, and get 800mah instead of 60. > > 1/2AA is a size that exists, but is pretty hard to find. > > I found this on Amazon, welded tabs already, and even sold in sets of 5, > exactly the number needed, perfect. > http://amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZNZ535F/ > > Not so perfect, it took over 4 months to arrive (March 17 to July 21). > > But they did finally arrive, and the size worked out. > > Everything fits, and it's easy to replicate the original wiring just > moved around. > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/JRVp71Govw49PXaM6 > > -- > bkw >
