Re: HP Xpander Batteries Message #3 Posted by Warren Anderson on 8 Feb 2007, 9:13 p.m., in response to message #1 by Aristotle Spyropoulos
I've used alkaline cells in Xpander--worked fine. But for goodness sake don't try to recharge them! Just discard and replace.
The Xpander will also work with no batteries on wall power, but this may not be a best practice if there is a surge depending on the power supply inside.
It is a bit tricky to insert batteries with the stiff spring contacts at each end. I use the corner of a credit card as a shim to keep the spring straight while putting in the battery.
As you will note, there are no electrical contacts for the coin cell compartment. This had not been implemented in the pre-prod model, I believe.
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