Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!crg5!crg8.sequent.com!coryc
From: coryc@crg8.sequent.com (Cory Carpenter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Advice for new T1000 battery pack?
Message-ID: <20274@crg5.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 90 19:13:34 GMT
References: <10650003@hpwrce.HP.COM>
Sender: root@crg5.UUCP
Reply-To: coryc@crg8.UUCP (Cory Carpenter)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc
Lines: 29

In article <10650003@hpwrce.HP.COM> rek@hpwrce.HP.COM (Ron Kittle) writes:
>I've got a T1000 with a dead battery pack.  I checked at Fry's, and they can
>order a replacement, but it's $70!  What other options do I have to replace
>the battery pack?  Here's what I'm thinking:
>	<DELETED>
>2. The pack consists of 4 NiCad 1.2V cells wired together; they are a bit
>   smaller than C cells, so just wiring together 4 NiCad C cells would not
>   work as cleanly as I had hoped.  Has anyone on the net come up with a
>   slick way to replace the T1000 pack with off-the-shelf NiCads?
>	<DELETED>

I did exactly that, about three months ago.  The interesting thing about
NiCad C-cells is that they're really the same size as the cells in the
T1000 battery pack, with a C-sized shell around them and an extension
"button" on the positive end.

It takes a little bit of work, but it's not too difficult to remove the
shell from standard NiCad C-cells and wire them up as a replacement
pack (aside from the age-old problem of getting solder to stick
effectively).  Mine's been working fine ever since I popped it in.
Total cost: $8.49 for a 4-pack of C-sized NiCads.

-coryc

--
|    >> Disclaimer: I speak for Sequent only in our hardware manuals <<        |
| Cory R. Carpenter, Tech Writer | "The Durango Ninety-five purred away real   |
| Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. | horrorshow.  A nice, warm, vibraty feeling  |
| Beaverton, Oregon, USA         | all through your gutty-wuts.                ||     coryc@sequent.com          |      --Alex from "A Clockwork Orange"       |