Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!weitek!neal From: neal@weitek.UUCP (Neal Bedard) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Rejuvinating Rechargeable Batteries Message-ID: <584@jetsun.weitek.UUCP> Date: 30 Dec 87 22:51:21 GMT References: <2428@emory.uucp> <897@neoucom.UUCP> Reply-To: neal@jetsun.UUCP (Neal Bedard) Organization: Team Positive, Eastbay Lines: 25 In article <897@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: ><> > >I'm not sure about the D7, but the hard case for the D5 used a battery pack >that was identical to one of the camcorders that Sony makes, but the battery >is kind of expensive. [...] > >Genrally, running a battery down to empy is a good thing in the case >of NiCd cells, [...] ^^^^ The battery pack for the D7 and D10 is called a "BP-100", and it's a *lead- acid* battery, not NiCad. It seems pretty specific to the application, too, as it "mates" to the Discman itself (I doubt that it would fit any camcorder.) I don't know of any way of "recovering" lead-acid battery. It is possible to take apart a BP-100, but I'd have serious doubts about being able to put it back together again and have it fit and function correctly (the screwed-on cover seems to be glued in place.) I suppose an alternative to the BP-100 would be to use the 9-volt plug in back and kludge up some NiCad pack to slip onto it, but that seems like more work than it's worth. -Neal