>Thanks for the link... I've known about these folks for a while, but am >currently not looking for notebook hard drives, myself. > >My problem is batteries - I've got two notebook computers for which I'm >saving up for replacement battery packs. They work fine off the wall >outlet, but the batteries last for ten minutes or so, then the >batteries fail - old Ni-Cd batteries, which were abused before I got >ownership of the (used) notebooks.
In the FIDO TECH echo there have been long discussions about Ni-Cad and how to save them from the dumpster. Seems there is a ritual involved but I don't use NiCad and didn't bother to try to memorize it. I do recall that you drain them to a certain minimum voltage then charge them back up to their max (1.2 volts per cell?). There is also a last ditch "shock" treatment but it can cause them to explode so I won't go into that here. :-) NiCad can be over-charged and damaged in that way too. Leaving them in a charger that will not automatically shut off at full charge will kill them dead. :-\ Charles Angelich The Ghost in the Machine! DOS and W31 Tech website: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost Stories, poems, music, and photos website: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
