Battery Replacement on old Mobo

[LawyerRon]

My mother-in-law has an old P100 that needs the battery replaced. It's got the old barrel style that is soldered on to the mobo. The battery reads, "3.6v 60mAh 3/V60R. How do you replace these? Is there some way to convert this type to a replaceable battery?

[DaveW]

Look on the motherboard for a four pin connector marked Battery near the old battery. If it's there you're in luck and only have to go to Radio Shack and get a battery with a similar voltage with a built-on pigtail.
Be sure to cut off the old battery afterwards so it does'nt leak on the printed curcuits.

[kraken]

That is a 3.6Volt NIcad battery. (I found one reference to it)

There is a reference to a part number.
Part number 119116 from Jameco Electronics (jameco.com) 800-831-4242. (yes they do have them).

You will have to resolder it back into the board. (twin point is the positive).

Alternately you could do a home job using NImH batteries of the same dimension (or not) (3 of them) and binding them together (in series) to get 3.6V without the memory problems of Nicads.



[Edited by kraken on 12-31-2000 at 12:50 PM]

[lynchmob]

Good luck trying to find that battery at Cel Phone Shack,er I mean Radio Shack.I had the same problem,went to RS and they tried(and failed)to sell me a 3.6v lithium batt.and then tried to tell me that its OK to introduce a live lithium cell into a ni-cad rechargeable system.No way.
What I did was note which post was positive on old battery,removed it by carefully loosening the solder in order leave the posts intact and fastening a 3.6v nicad phone batt.to it and velcro-ig it to the side of the case.I didnt use the external batt.connector because I was unsure at the time which jumper I needed to short.You can go get a AA batt. holder at most comp. parts suppliers online fo around a buck.
lynch

[glc]

Batteries Plus has all those types of batteries. It's up to you whether you want to solder or just use the external battery header.

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