on 14/6/02 12:11 AM, Jeremy Minns at wrote:
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> I have a Sony TCD-D10PROII recorder too and have constant problems with
> charging batteries. The details of my equipment are:
>
> Sony AC Pack / Battery Charger ACP-88 (this supplies mains power to the
> recorder as well)
> Sony Battery Charge Adaptor Model BC-D10
> Sony NP-22H Battery Pack.
>
> The charger is a simple plastic box, about the size of the battery pack,
> with two openings on the upper surface into which the mains adaptor and the
> battery pack fit. My problem is that I can't maintain a good contact
> between the various components and when the charging light goes out I don't
> know whether the battery is fully charged or whether contact has been lost.
> I've cleaned the contacts, sprayed them with cleaning fluid and bent them
> to exert more pressure, but with no lasting improvement. A local electronic
> repairer has tried too but without success. Stith Recording tell me a new
> charger will cost me $168 which seems ridiculous for such a simple piece of
> equipment.
>
> Have you or any other TCD-D10PROII owner had similar problems and found a
> solution?
>
> Jeremy
>
Jeremy,
When I messed up two of my Sony DAT batteries by completely flattening them
before recharging (instead of only flattening them to 5.9 volts), I
encountered a similar problem with both the car charger and the 240 v
charger. When I attempted to recharge a completely flattened battery via
the car charger, it only charged for five minutes before the light went out.
I can't remember the time for the 240 v charger but the timing was
definitely "suss".
Given that Walt and Klas have said that a heat sensor within the battery
causes the charger to turn itself off, perhaps my "ruined" batteries were
not charging correctly and were heating up too fast? In any case, those two
dud batteries are useless and won't take a charge. When I got two new
batteries from Sony, they charged up very happily with both the car charger
and the 240v charger. So it was the batteries at fault, not the chargers.
This is something you could consider in your case? Have you been
over-flattening your batteries? (My mains charger takes about 2 hours to
charge a battery, and the car charger takes about one and a half hours. A
fully charged battery lasts about an hour or a bit more).
Vicki Powys
Australia
> At 17:37 13/06/02 +1000, you wrote:
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>> Hi Walt and All,
>>
>> Well I got busy with my (very fine) hacksaw and sliced open the plastic
>> casing of my defunct Sony D10 DAT battery (NP-22H 6 volt 1800 mAh
>> rechargeable ni-cad). There were three cells inside, two long and one
>> short, linked by 2 short wires to a mysterious silvery connector 2cm long
>> (which is marked IP305AF 80C ISUZU 0A3.)
>>
>> The two long cells look for all the world like "tuppeny bungers"
>> (firecrackers), but are yellow instead of red. The batteries are about 2.25
>> cm diameter, is that about the thickness of C cells?
>>
>> I now have to decide what I would use for the replacement cells, assuming
>> that I go with NIMH rechargables. Should I use 4 or 5 AA cells, or should I
>> go for C cells? What are the dimensions of C cells?
>>
>> Rechargeable cells often run at a lower voltage than disposable long-life
>> cells, would this make a difference in the number of cells I used?
>>
>> What is the voltage of a freshly charged rechargeable C cell?
>>
>> The original Sony battery pack, when new and freshly charged, put out up to
>> 7 volts I think (the battery pack is marked 6 volt), and the tape stops
>> turning at 5.9 volts (5.5v under load).
>>
>> All ideas welcome!
>>
>> Vicki Powys
>> Australia
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>> on 9/6/02 3:10 PM, Walter Knapp at wrote:
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>>> Vicki Powys wrote:
>>>
>>>> You are full of good ideas! Actually I DO still have two dead battery
>> pacs
>>>> but I may have to use a hacksaw to open the plastic casing, looks like
>> it's
>>>> glued together. Size-wise, each pac could hold up to six AA batteries.
>>>>
>>>> So the thought occurred to me, could I just open up the case, trash the
>>>> ni-cad contents, and re-mount five AA batteries of the NIMH sort?
>> (What does
>>>> NIMH stand for?) Of course I would need a NIMH AA battery charger,
>> but if I
>>>> had the case sorted out so I could easily mount or retrieve the AAs, I
>> could
>>>> even use non-rechargeables in an emergency.
>>>>
>>>> What do you think of that idea?
>>>
>>> I almost never toss a battery pac without dissecting it. Some can be
>>> fixed up with new cells so easily it's child's play. My portable drill,
>>> for instance. It comes apart with screws, and inside are a bunch of C
>>> cell size nicads with solder terminals and one thermister. And then
>>> there are others that will drive you nuts even getting apart...
>>>
>>> NIMH stands for Nickel Metal Hydride, a battery type. It has the
>>> advantage over nicads that it's almost immune to memory effects. And the
>>> amount of energy it will store, either on a weight or volume basis beats
>>> nicads by at least 40%.
>>>
>>> You were probably going to throw away those pacs, so might as well learn
>>> something. Note that cutting open with a hacksaw is kind of crude, the
>>> wide slot can be a problem putting it back together. If I get to sawing,
>>> which is rare, I normally will use a coping saw or jeweler's saw, which
>>> have much finer blades. In most cases, I'm more likely to just crack the
>>> case by prying with things like screwdrivers. The crack will go back
>>> together essentially with the same dimensions.
>>>
>>> It all depends on what you find inside, explore carefully.
>>>
>>> Depending on your resources, It may also be possible to design a
>>> improved pac that will fit in something. I've been eyeing the
>>> Portadisc's AA cell holder for just such a replacement job. One of mine
>>> already has a crack in it near the vulnerable center rivets. So, I've
>>> been thinking about a tubular design.
>>>
>>>> By the way, the Sony recharging unit (both mains and car) automatically
>>>> switches itself off when the battery is charged, so there's no risk
>> there of
>>>> overcharging.
>>>
>>> Most modern chargers do this. But with some there is still a way to
>>> overcharge. If the charger uses a timer that resets if it loses power
>>> (like in a momentary power outage) and it then does another fast charge
>>> by timer... Or if it resets if the battery loses contact...
>>>
>>> Walt
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