[SPARCbook] 3gx battery

[Borgen_Gary]

I posted this June 2nd:

To those who might be interested, the Batteries Plus store in Camarillo, CA
will perform a re-cell on your Series 2 battery packs.  The re-cell includes
higher capacity 2700mAh NiMH A size cells.

The point of contact for the re-cell is:  tom_johnson at bp-power.com

Below is the text of the e-mail quote he sent me.
>
> We would be willing to receive rebuilds via mail.  We would charge $58.99
per rebuild, plus $6.00 freight for return shipment.  They could be sent to:
>
> Batteries Plus
> 163 W. Ventura Blvd., Ste. B-2
> Camarillo, CA 93010
>
> If you have any questions feel free to call me at (805) 383-7100.  Thank
you,
>
>Tom Johnson
>
Please e-mail or phone Tom for more information.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Parson" <mparson at bl.org>
To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 4:29 PM
Subject: [SPARCbook] 3gx battery


> I stopped by Batteries Plus with the battery pack from my 3gx to see if
> they'd be willing to re-cell it for me.  They weren't even willing to
> give it a shot, said that if they cut it apart, they'd never get it back
> together, etc.
>
> I'm no stranger to a soldering iron, but I've never worked with NiCad
> batteries, has anyone else attempted this themselves?  Other than not
> cutting on the flat sides of the pack, is there anything else I should
> be aware of?
>
> -- 
> Michael Parson
> mparson at bl.org
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