Re: power supply WARNING!
Shannan Wuttke (swuttke@ozemail.com.au)
Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:01:04 +1100
At 08:16 pm 14/7/97 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Martin Adams wrote:-
>Has anybody tried leaving the bats in and using alligator clips?
>Martin
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>WARNING: DO NOT, I Repeat DO NOT leave the batteries in. It sounds like
>a good idea but nine times out of ten the BATTERIES WILL LEAK or
>explode. If they leak you can probably, with care clean the contacts but
>you risk permanent damage.
>
>You might be able to fit small clips in the empty compartment. The
>positive terminal on my ogo seems to be a little too small to allow the
>clips to fasten proporly. A small blob of carefully applied solder could
>do it. (sorry I can't try this out myself. I can't afford to loose my
>ogo if I make a mistake) I suggest as thin a wire as possible, this will
>still allow the ogo to fold. One more suggestion, use insulated croc
>clips. If one becomes dislodged then the clips have less chance of
>shorting each other out and damaging the power supply or ogo.
>
>It's a shame the ogo 100 is going down. Mabee a hardware wish list item
>would be a docking station. This could provide power, conversion from
>ogo serial to p.c. serial. This would allow you to connect at night,
>download info and keep the ogo ticking over until the next day when
>battery power would then be used. The one thing is that I don't know a
>way of connecting the power supply without removing the batts, you could
>make your own power socket in the ogo butthat means tamoering with the
>ogo itself....
>--
>Steven Brice
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