What is your experience with the 'Saft' battery?
-
Hello MLAers! We've re-enabled auto-approval for accounts. If you are still waiting on account approval, please check this thread for more information.
Warning! Exploding Maxell PRAM Batteries
- Thread starter MacGyver
- Start date
They seem to be what RE-PC here in Seattle sells. Last time I used the G4 DA, it seemed to be fine, time-wise. Battery was installed prior to my buying the machine in early 2009. Was a LS14250.What is your experience with the 'Saft' battery?
-J
My turn ...
Scared by this thread, I decided to remove dead batteries from the most easily accessible in from my collection.
I removed 12, only 1 leaked, guess what brand it was...
It was in my PM 8100/80. Even the optical drive has signs of corrosion :O
Funny, the exploded/leaked Maxell battery was the newest of the 3. It had an expiration date reading 1993, while the two other had 1989 and 1990.
Those Sonnenschein Lithium batteries (the blue ones) seem to be reliable anyway.
Scared by this thread, I decided to remove dead batteries from the most easily accessible in from my collection.
I removed 12, only 1 leaked, guess what brand it was...
It was in my PM 8100/80. Even the optical drive has signs of corrosion :O
Funny, the exploded/leaked Maxell battery was the newest of the 3. It had an expiration date reading 1993, while the two other had 1989 and 1990.
Those Sonnenschein Lithium batteries (the blue ones) seem to be reliable anyway.
Hopefully you'll be able to use some bits as spares.
I believe there are good chances to save the Q610 mobo.
Concerning Q660's mobo, well I decided to get one from eBay.
Cost me US$ 81.20 with shipping and import taxes. D'oh!...
Concerning Q660's mobo, well I decided to get one from eBay.
Cost me US$ 81.20 with shipping and import taxes. D'oh!...
Well it looks like it has the Full 040, You could sell that and recoup a good chunk of money back.
That we will never know! How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? NEver know.
I don't think storage conditions have much to do with it, though heat does speed up chemical reactions, so warmer conditions may speed it up a bit. Honestly I'm surprised so many of these cells *don't* leak after so many years. It's remarkable that one could go 20+ years without leaking the caustic stuff inside. Personally I would not leave a battery more than 5-6 years old in a system. 10 years is pushing your luck, longer than that is just tempting fate. If the machine will be stored for a long period, just be safe and pull the battery. It's not like there are a ton of settings that need to be restored.
I forgot about the D cell batteries I had in my flashlight, they are 4 years old, leaked solid so i had to toss the flashlight. lol. So its amazing anything doesnt leak at all after 20+ years.
wholy shit....
The replacement board arrived today, but it was so poorly packaged that it was damaged during transport:
A chip and a cap were floating around in the box :
They come from the areas in the yellow and red circles.
Great. Now I'm stuck with two damaged boards. Repairing is not an option since my soldering skill is... Zero.
Sorry for being off topic, but I wanted to share this "experience". :disapprove:
A chip and a cap were floating around in the box :
They come from the areas in the yellow and red circles.
Great. Now I'm stuck with two damaged boards. Repairing is not an option since my soldering skill is... Zero.
Sorry for being off topic, but I wanted to share this "experience". :disapprove:
