More battery fun

[TjLaZer]

Get the NiHm direct replacible ones from Red.  He sells them all the time.  They will not leak and if they did no damage to your Amiga.  I bought a few spares and did the mod on a few 4000's already.  You could also do the Lithium batt hack.  Did that as well, more work though.

[TjLaZer]

@odin

I am pretty sure that all the Varta batteries on the 2000/3000/4000 WERE NiCad only and NEVER NiMh.  If (NiMh) they do leak they will not damage the PCB.

@Matt

The Lithium hack works great, you install a diode to disable the charge circuit and use 3 Volt PC type coin type batteries.  See AmiNet.  Also see the images on here for a pic of such a hack done to a 2000.

[TjLaZer]

@Odin,

Maybe in NON US countries they installed NiMh from the factory, but every 2000, 3000 or 4000 that I have seen here in the good 'ol USA has had a leaky Varta NiCad installed, and subsiquently leaked almost always causing damage (in 4000s for sure, a 2000 survived with extensive leakage.)

EDIT. Oh ok I was right then, no NiMh from West Chester or abroad.