Need a battery

[Kevin O']

Hi,

Anyone know where I can get a NI CD button style battery for my little solar
recharged radio? the original won't hold a charge - it is ID'd as "NI CD
CELL" & "280K" - it weighs 14 grams,. is about 22mm across and is about as
thick as 2 U.S. quarter stacked together...

Thanks!

Kevin O'

[kc8adu]

i have some that are 22 mm with a hat at 25mm
varta v170r
maybe this is what you need?
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[William R. Walsh]

Hi!

NI CD probably means Nickel Cadmium, as opposed to a brand name of some
kind.

Since it is just a simple NiCad battery, you should be able to get a
replacement almost anywhere a wide selection of batteries are sold. You
might not be able to get something that's exactly the same size, or you may
have to "rebuild" the insides of the pack with new cells. You'll also need
to figure out what the voltage output of the originals was.

From there you can certainly replace the failed cells.

William

[Kevin O']

Hi,

Is it roughly 22mm in diameter and 6mm thick? Is it compatible with a 3 volt
system? It needs to be Ni-Cad and thus re-chargeable, as this is for a solar
powered radio - which will be constantly discharging/recharging...

I carefully removed it form the board and left behind the tabs which
connected it to the system - I can re-solder back in place no problem...

Thanks,

Kevin O'

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[Kevin O']

http://b2ec.com/search/p.30.html

This is it - now I just need to find out how to order in quantities less
than 10,000!

K.

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> Found a little picture!

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> "Kevin O'" <SPAMINATORB...@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> > Hi,
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> > Yes, I'm aware that NI CD is indicative of a Nickel Cadmium battery -
the
> > battery is a rechargeable Ni Cad button that powers a 3 volt system
(it's
> > just a little pocket am/fm radio w/ no speaker - just an earpiece, I use
> it
> > at Fenway Park to listen to local radio commentary during games).
> >
> > Is this battery rebuildable? I assumed prying one of these open would
get
> me
> > nothing more than an un-usable mess...it's clearly been pressed together
> by
> > some sort of device that meant for it to stay that way...
> >
> > I have looked on over a dozen battery websites and no-one seems to carry
a
> > replacement.
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> > Any other suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
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> > Kevin O'
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> > "William R. Walsh" <newsg...@idontwantjunqueemail.walshcomptech.com>
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[BillJ]

Maplin have the 4.5 V bicycle lamp batteries. Also found them (much
cheaper) in the Poundstretcher store opposite!

They are still available for the few who have battery-operated bicycle
lamps. (I know someone who keeps calcium carbide for his acetylene
bicycle lamp, too. Legal?)

Maplin order numbers and prices: JC94C@£2.99, ZB63T@£1.99.

But the special 15 V battery for the AVO 8 can only be obtained from
Maplin, as far as I know. Hence the rather high price. (Maplin
details: FM07H@£6.99). Before I found that out, I was using a 12 V
photographic battery (Maplin JG91Y@£0.99) and had to pad it to stick
in place.

Ain't got no shares in Maplin.

Bill

[PJ]

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Take a look at portable phone batteries. A lot of them use button
cells....Paul

[William R. Walsh]

Hi!

> Is this battery rebuildable? I assumed prying one of these open would get
me
> nothing more than an un-usable mess...it's clearly been pressed together
by
> some sort of device that meant for it to stay that way...

You may wreck the cells in the process, but you should be able to cut the
casing open and put new cells in without any problem. If you can, get the
old nasty cells recycled properly.

> I have looked on over a dozen battery websites and no-one seems to carry a
> replacement.

Well, I'd offer this--buy batteries that will fit and are of similar
capacity. You may not be able to locate an exact replacement, but I would
bet you can get something that will fit and be reasonably close to the
original capacity. Of course voltage should probably be as close as possible
to the originals at 3V (or perhaps closer to 2.4V). If the battery pack is
hidden away inside, nobody will ever be the wiser. :-)

William