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Powerbook 1400 Battery
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 658703" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>Started playing with my old Powerbook 1400c...and of course my battery is completely dead.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking about trying to rebuild/refurbish my old battery myself...by opening the battery case, and replacing the cells inside.</p><p></p><p>So far I have opened the case, and removed the intact battery pack.</p><p></p><p>The info on the battery pack is:</p><p></p><p>- Manufacturer Sanyo</p><p>- Model 8HR-4/3AU</p><p>- 9.6V</p><p>- 3500 mAh</p><p>- AL H</p><p>- Ni-MH batteries</p><p></p><p>I have read a bunch of "generic" articles on rebuilding/replacing the batteries in the a laptop battery pack...my problem is, when it comes to my specific Powerbook 1400 battery, I cannot find replacement batteries for the battery pack.</p><p></p><p>Many of these "generic" articles say find some 1.2 volt Ni-MH AA batteries (preferably with the metal tabs on the ends of the batteries). </p><p></p><p>The problem is, the Powerbook 1400 battery pack has 4 long cylindrical batteries comprising the battery pack...and each long cylindrical battery is longer than 2 AA batteries (see picture).</p><p></p><p>So if I used 8 AA Ni-MH 1.2v batteries...they wouldn't be long enough to fill the original plastic battery case.</p><p></p><p>So my questions:</p><p></p><p>1. Has anyone successfully done this (replace the batteries in a 1400 PB)?</p><p>2. Anybody know where I can get the proper length replacement batteries for the battery pack?</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i230/pigoo3/PB1400Batt3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 658703, member: 56379"] Hello, Started playing with my old Powerbook 1400c...and of course my battery is completely dead. I was thinking about trying to rebuild/refurbish my old battery myself...by opening the battery case, and replacing the cells inside. So far I have opened the case, and removed the intact battery pack. The info on the battery pack is: - Manufacturer Sanyo - Model 8HR-4/3AU - 9.6V - 3500 mAh - AL H - Ni-MH batteries I have read a bunch of "generic" articles on rebuilding/replacing the batteries in the a laptop battery pack...my problem is, when it comes to my specific Powerbook 1400 battery, I cannot find replacement batteries for the battery pack. Many of these "generic" articles say find some 1.2 volt Ni-MH AA batteries (preferably with the metal tabs on the ends of the batteries). The problem is, the Powerbook 1400 battery pack has 4 long cylindrical batteries comprising the battery pack...and each long cylindrical battery is longer than 2 AA batteries (see picture). So if I used 8 AA Ni-MH 1.2v batteries...they wouldn't be long enough to fill the original plastic battery case. So my questions: 1. Has anyone successfully done this (replace the batteries in a 1400 PB)? 2. Anybody know where I can get the proper length replacement batteries for the battery pack? Thanks, - Nick [IMG]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i230/pigoo3/PB1400Batt3.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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