Re: PRAM batteries are NOT watch cells

2003-02-17 Thread Matthew Reidsrow
-Original Message- Does anyone know if the PRAM battery for a PBG3 can be rebuilt? John Brownsberger -- Sure. All PB batteries I've seen are just watch cells wired in series or parellel. Anyone with a battery welding tool (since they don't take solder well :) )

Re: PRAM batteries are NOT watch cells

2003-02-17 Thread djl
Thanks, looks like I'll be doing just that for my 1400 start up problem. Dan On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 11:54 AM, Matthew Reidsrow wrote: -Original Message- Does anyone know if the PRAM battery for a PBG3 can be rebuilt? John Brownsberger -- Sure.

Re: PRAM batteries are NOT watch cells

2003-02-15 Thread Scott Holder
At 09:40 AM 2/15/2003 -0800, you wrote: The instruction book for my Radio Shack NiCad Battery Charger has a good explanation as to why you don't try to recharge non-rechargeable batteries. Caution attempting to recharge non- nicad batteries may result in explosion, fire or other damage to

Re: PRAM batteries are NOT watch cells

2003-02-15 Thread Robert Patterson
Does this apply to all PowerBooks, or just some of the newer ones? The reason I ask is that I thought the PRAM battery in my PowerBook 170 was a lithium cell. So I thought it would be interesting to know if it was rechargeable. Rob Any time a PB is being run from its main battery or

Re: PRAM batteries are NOT watch cells

2003-02-15 Thread Paul Nelson
At 2:24 PM -0500 2/15/03, Robert Patterson wrote: Does this apply to all PowerBooks, or just some of the newer ones? The reason I ask is that I thought the PRAM battery in my PowerBook 170 was a lithium cell. So I thought it would be interesting to know if it was rechargeable.

Re: PRAM batteries are NOT watch cells

2003-02-15 Thread Dan K
David Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any time a PB is being run from its main battery or the AC power supply, a trickle charge is being applied to the PRAM battery as well. Then [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Patterson) wrote: Does this apply to all PowerBooks, or just some of the newer ones? The

PRAM batteries are NOT watch cells

2003-02-14 Thread Dan K
On 2/14/03 3:18 PM PowerBooks Matthew Reidsrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- Does anyone know if the PRAM battery for a PBG3 can be rebuilt? John Brownsberger -- Sure. All PB batteries I've seen are just watch cells wired in series or parellel.