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eMate and 2100 rebuilt battery in Canada?
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beachycove
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Well, I am in Canada and have done this with an eMate battery pack. You would be best getting some tabbed NiMh AA cells, and following the excellent instructions online at http://www.pda-soft.de/emate_battery_pack.html . I sourced my NiMh cells on eBay from the US, as I could not find them readily elsewhere. If you are in a large centre, you could most likely manage to source some locally, but I think I bought 20-24 cells for around $50 shipped, which is not bad. The cells then went into various machines — Duos and a 540c — as well as a couple of eMates, so the money was well spent.
The eMate would be by some margin the easiest one to begin with, as there is a lot more room internally and less of a plastic cover to fret about. I have not tried to re-cell my MP2100, as I prefer to use Alkalines, which typically last me 5 months, but Alkalines, while possible with some modifications in an eMate, are not so conveniently used there because of the nature of the machine.
I am no electronics genius - this is an easy fix, especially with the web-based instructions above. The soldering equipment can be bought for $10-15 at The Source, or borrowed for an afternoon from someone or other.
(I was in la Ville de Québec only 10 days ago.)
The eMate would be by some margin the easiest one to begin with, as there is a lot more room internally and less of a plastic cover to fret about. I have not tried to re-cell my MP2100, as I prefer to use Alkalines, which typically last me 5 months, but Alkalines, while possible with some modifications in an eMate, are not so conveniently used there because of the nature of the machine.
I am no electronics genius - this is an easy fix, especially with the web-based instructions above. The soldering equipment can be bought for $10-15 at The Source, or borrowed for an afternoon from someone or other.
(I was in la Ville de Québec only 10 days ago.)
