Article: 8465 of comp.sys.laptops Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Path: uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!echelon!kees From: kees@echelon.uucp (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: References: Lines: 22 In wbe@bbn.com (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. -- Kees Hendrikse | email: kees@echelon.uucp | ECHELON consultancy and software development | phone: +31 (0)53 836 585 PO Box 545, 7500AM Enschede, The Netherlands | fax: +31 (0)53 337 415