Battery already crapping out, ideas?

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I can't believe this. I got a barrel type battery (very similar to the stock battery) from a local electronic store about 6 months ago for my A3000 and already its starting to fail. When I installed the 3640 "accelerator" last week I noticed a very small amount of white stuff around the wire connector on the + side. :-x And the clock and calender are reseting to 1991 for cripes sake. What a gyp.

Well, time for a new one.

I have a question for anyone who can answer. I've heard about the hack to put the watch battery in your ami. As I have it now, when I took out my last battery, I managed to separate the battery from the "rabbit ears", so could I use those to hold the battery? Fold one side down flat, put the battery on it, and fold the other side on top and wrap it with a rubber band to keep it tight. What do you think?

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ral-clan wrote:
Easiest way to replace this is with a cordless phone battery.  I did this to my A2000.  They can be purchase for about $10 and are everywhere.  There is a particular rating you will need (sorry I cannot remember, but I found the documentation online easily for this), and you have to make sure you solder the correct coloured wires to the proper place on the motherboard for positive and negative.

As for why your replacement battery failed so soon: some of these are old-stock.  They may have sat on the shelf for years before being sold to you.

Could be. Al Lashers Electronics is an old store in Berkeley, so its quite possible. Check them out online if you need the odd gadget, which they probably have.

I've never heard of the cordless phone battery in an Amiga, but I suppose its possible. I wonder who's got the site with that info?

edit: Ah! After the 8th google, this page showed up.

phone battery in Amiga

And, good advice on dealing with battery acid.

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Thank you very much Castellen!  :laugh:

What a very usefull website. You get a gold star for hard work.

If you're making a kit, can I buy the first one now that I'm tossing my "current" (get it?:crazy: ) battery.