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Title: Explorer NiMh 1600 or 1800 rechargeable battery pac wanted. Post by: Neil on December 28, 2008, 12:44:39 PM Does anyone have a spare rechargeable battery pack for an Explorer II gathering dust around their house they want to sell?
I've got a spare battery loading one somewhere, but can't find it and my current rechargeable is only giving me about 6/7 hours at best. cheers Neil Title: Re: Explorer NiMh 1600 or 1800 rechargeable battery pac wanted. Post by: PHIL YNYSBOETH on December 28, 2008, 11:04:26 PM Hi Neil
I read somewhere its simple to change the batterys in the NiMh rechargeable packs. You give your pack a full charge split the case test all the batterys with a voltage meter remove the duff battery/s and replace with new ones , simple lol I,ll have a look where i seen it and send it to you, Ive seen a few on Ebay recently but you have to think why are they for sale Good luck with your search regards Phil Title: Re: Explorer NiMh 1600 or 1800 rechargeable battery pac wanted. Post by: PHIL YNYSBOETH on December 28, 2008, 11:17:41 PM All is not lost if you are brave.
It is reasonably easy to open and recell the battery pack, if you think you are up to it. First thing to do is charge the battery pack, then it is a simple matter of breaking the seal of the two shells holding the battery cover together, this is not as hard as it seems you just need to be careful with the tool you use to seperate the case. Once you have exposed the cells, using a cheap dc volt meter check the voltage of each cell and you will find at least two that show no or very little volts. These are your problem cells, it will be very obvious how to replace these at a considerable less cost than a new battery pack. Reseal the case with super glue. Hope this of some help ! regards Phil Title: Re: Explorer NiMh 1600 or 1800 rechargeable battery pac wanted. Post by: KANE (DES) on December 29, 2008, 01:02:27 PM Hi Phil
Your a mine of useful infomation arnt you lol all the best Des Title: Re: Explorer NiMh 1600 or 1800 rechargeable battery pac wanted. Post by: Neil on December 29, 2008, 01:18:35 PM Thats a good idea Phil - but as I am getting a good few hours out of my current battery - I just want to buy a back up. Besides I know that I would only end up messing it up - good suggestion though.
Neil Title: Re: Explorer NiMh 1600 or 1800 rechargeable battery pac wanted. Post by: PHIL YNYSBOETH on December 30, 2008, 03:22:02 PM Des dont you mean ,I mine of useless info lol
arrrrr right Im with you Neil maybe wait till its dead and have a go, Happy New year all ! Title: Re: Explorer NiMh 1600 or 1800 rechargeable battery pac wanted. Post by: coleggwent(phil) on March 22, 2009, 10:13:28 PM ive got a spare in the shed somewere neil ill dig it out for you it is ok still holds a good charge you can have it
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