Article: 8465 of comp.sys.laptops
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Path: uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!echelon!kees
From: [email protected] (Kees Hendrikse)
Subject: Re: Very dead T1000SE battery revived
Organization: Echelon Consultancy, Enschede, The Netherlands
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 13:44:06 GMT
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
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In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Winston Edmond) writes:

>    Thanks to suggestions from this newsgroup, and after some experimenting, I
> seem to have managed to revive a completely dead T1000SE battery pack.

After writing how he did manage to revive the NiCad, Winston Edmond suggest
other ways to do it, including:

> * Using a 12V car battery probably also works, but is overkill and looks to
>     be much more dangerous since the current isn't limited and it probably
>     causes sparks.

Never ever try this suggestion, as a car battery (especially a healthy one)
is capable of delivering 70-80 Amps through the NiCad, which might cause
the NiCad to explode. Always use a device with controlled current. If you
can't revive the NiCad with about 10 Amps, throw it away, it's really dead.

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Kees Hendrikse                                | email: [email protected]
                                             |
ECHELON consultancy and software development  | phone: +31 (0)53 836 585
PO Box 545, 7500AM Enschede, The Netherlands  | fax:   +31 (0)53 337 415

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