Re: hp 41c battery pack rebuild Message #2 Posted by Etienne Victoria on 27 Sept 2005, 4:49 a.m., in response to message #1 by Hal
Hi!
1. It is seamed & does not snap apart: I use an Xacto Blade (or cutter for Europeans) to cut it apart cleanly, taking care not to break it.
2. Normal spec is 4x1.2V=4.8V which is enough. Up to 5 or 6V is not a problem as alcalines provide 6V anyway. I get 5V steady with my 4x 1/3 AA rebuit accupack.
3. Yep...with beautiful tiny fragile standard diodes.
4. Nein, it just links the 2 middle batteries. It is useless with a rebuilt rechargeable battery pack.
Small cells like 1/2N are hard to get. Therefore, you can use 1/3AAA for your first try but won't get a great capacity with these. When you get more practise, you can use 4x1/3AA which give you much more capacity but require careful grinding & sanding the accupack inside to give more room.
Friendly regards from France.
Etienne
Fourqueux, Yvelines, France, Earth
Edited: 27 Sept 2005, 3:03 p.m. after one or more responses were posted
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