PRAM Battery For Ti powerbook - alternatives?

[sos_nz]

I need a new PRAM battery for my 867MHz Ti Powerbook (model A1025).

I just wanted the battery, which is a fairly easy swap on the PRAM unit with a bit of soldering, so I ordered on from here: http://www.smallbattery.company.org.uk/sbc_lir3032-vdy2.htm. It's a 3.6V rechargeable LIR-3032.

Trouble is, Li-ion batteries are very restricted in how they can be shipped (have been implicated in in-flight fires), so the company won't post it out to NZ, and neither will my UK mail forwarding service.

In the absence of a UK relative going through the hoops to get it sent to me, are there any alternatives to the PRAM unit?

Can I use the more commonly available non-rechargeable 3V CR3032 and somehow disconnect the charging circuit?

 

[Hugh]

Hmm, difficult to find ...

Would this one suit from eBay US - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-PowerBook-G4-A1025-Series-PRAM-CMOS-BIOS-Battery-With-Cable-820-1343-A-/151147143077?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2331125fa5 - seems to be $10 to buy and about $9 to ship to NZ,

or this one from France - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pile-Bios-EFI-Rtc-Batterie-CMOS-Apple-PowerBook-G4-Titanium-15-820-1343-A-/261278119601?pt=FR_GH_Informatique_Composants_Alimentation_PC&hash=item3cd563b6b1#shpCntId - they seem to be the only ones available worldwide from eBay.

If you get desperate I could buy the UK one for you and send it out.

Cheers

Hugh

 

[sos_nz]

Thanks Hugh... those two are used, which in the PRAM battery world makes me a little nervous as to their long term life span.

I'll flick you a PM - but in the meantime, if anyone else has any ideas about alternative substitutes, I'm still all ears/eyes