Re: Cache Battery for 170 with 2740 Card

Vern,

The guy here didn't even bother to research it. He just said "It'll take me a few minutes to built one of these" and then he disappeared. Came back a few minutes later with a new pack. Didn't ask about the third lead or anything else. Just built one and it works perfectly. Same thing on our old 800 as well.

It's odd that they would give you the third degree on an exact match.

Pete


vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Larry

The pack for the 2740 - which is what we have on the 170 - is a NiCad - not the
NiMH found on the 2763 we have on a 270. As far as the NiMH, I took the old
pack to a Batteries Plus here - they found nothing in the DB based on the Sanyo
part number on it - They also did not know why the 3rd lead - I suspect
something for the temperature, since the system will shorten the estimated life
if the ambient temp is high. This particular BattPlus seemed clueless.

So we might be in a different world - it IS an old 2740 card - what do we need
for that? The IBM part number is 44L0305.

Thanks
Vern (on Richard's behalf)
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yep. The 'three lead' ones are NiMh type but still three batteries. Not sure what lead three is for but I'm guessing it wouldn't be there if it wasn't needed. At the very least it prevents you from putting an old 2740 battery on a 4778! At the local batteries plus I can call them and get a 'FC #4778" (That's what I had them put into their DB for me.) and they'll build it up.
- Larry
Pete Helgren wrote:

Like Larry said. Go to Batteries Plus. In my case the cache battery for our 270 had a three lead connector, unlike the batteries for a cordless phone, so they built one in about 5 minutes. So, shutting down the system and walking the battery down to the store is a good idea. I have also gone to a local battery store and they have built me one as well.
$14.39 if I recall correctly.....
Pete

Larry Bolhuis wrote:

For that card you can go to Batteries Plus and pick one up off the rack. It's simply a three cell NiCd battery for the handset of many cordless phones. Bring the battery along though because they make them with the + and - terminals both ways and you'd hate to get it wrong!
Mucho Cheapo!
- Larry

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