Re: [NTLK] My first battery rebuild

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Sun Dec 14 2003 - 02:30:44 PST


On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 04:15 PM, Frank Gruendel wrote:

>> This all seemed to have gone pretty well, but now my newt will not
>> charge it. It just says "waiting" and stays there. Batmon shows a
>> battery temperature of 64 and no charging occuring...
>
> Check if the temperature resistor is properly connected to the two
> contacts. At room temperature you should measure about 7...10 kOhm
> between these contacts. See
> http://www.pda-soft.de/mp2k_battery_pack.html for details. If you
> can't get it to work, send it my way and I'll see what I can do.

Frank, your website was the key for sure...

I tested across the thermistor and got an open circuit...

So I cracked the pack again, and found the one end of the thermistor
was broken off from the little disk which is the negative contact (I
believe).

After a quick touch up and some more crazy glue, and sanding...

Voila! Charging!

I will report back as to how it works.

Thanks all! Especially you Frank!

Marty

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