NewerTech pismo battery

2005-01-27 Thread Tim Hodgson
Hi all, I posted recently asking opinions of replacement batteries, and had a couple of mails offlist asking me to report back on the outcome. I went for the NewerTech 7200mAh battery (about $160 from OWC). I gave it a (very unscientific) test yesterday; after calibrating as recommended, it

Re: NewerTech pismo battery

2005-01-27 Thread Tom Ethen
I get around 3 hours out of mine. Maybe you didn't allow it to charge long enough, as the first charge needs at least 24 hours to get a full charge, at least that was my experience. On 1/27/05 5:01 AM, Tim Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I posted recently asking opinions of

Re: NewerTech pismo battery

2005-01-27 Thread Tim Hodgson
Hi Tom, I think you may have missed my para 2: it lasted about 4 hours ;-) I'm not at all unhappy with the performance; I suppose I just hoped that it'd be even better. I did only charge for around 12 hours, as recommended by Newer; maybe I'll try charging it longer next time I run it right

Re: NewerTech pismo battery

2005-01-27 Thread douglas davis
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