Replacing battery with Lithium Ion

[Sandman]

-D- that is an AWESOME idea!  I would have never thought of that but will definitely do that on my next battery hack.... should put a sticky-note on the PCB crediting you with the idea too! :lol:

I usually just stick the diode under the battery holder which usually doesn't look to bad.

Would this work the same on a A3000?

[Sandman]

-D-

Any reason for using the germanium 1N60 instead of just using a 1N914 switching diode?  I'm pretty electronics illiterate. :hammer: