Hi,
These days, NiCd cost us a lot here in Europe as Cadmium is something
they want out of the market. Kind of not so nice for health. Still
available thought. I avoided loading NiCd into stuff from pure cost.
PHK would vote for lead-batteries. I use LIPO(Fe) for portable stuff.
Cheers,
Magnus
On 02/06/2017 01:11 AM, Joseph Gray wrote:
I don't know which option would be best, but rebuilding the pack may not be
expensive. A rebuilt NiCad pack for a Flukemeter only cost me $12. Fluke
charges $120 for a new one.
On Feb 5, 2017 4:27 PM, "Skip Withrow" <skip.with...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello time-nuts,
I have 5061A and 5061B units with the battery option and dead battery
packs. My question is what makes the most sense when refurbing these
units?
1. Yank the old battery out and just leave it that way. Running the unit
on a UPS would preserve the functionality.
2. Replace the pack with a rebuilt NiCd pack. I'm sure Batteries Plus
would be happy to do it, but sounds expensive.
3. Replace the pack with a NiMH pack, and really crank down the float
current of the 5061.
4. Replace the pack with Li-ion battery. Would be a much smaller battery,
but the charging circuit would have to be pitched. Building in a Li-ion
charge controller sounds like it could be a project (which I don't
necessarily want).
5. Yank the old battery pack and run the 5061 on two 12V batteries with an
appropriate power supply/charger (basically a version of #1).
Any thoughts on these or other options would be appreciated. Thanks in
advance.
Regards,
Skip Withrow
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