A3000 battery

[matt3k]

You should be fine without the battery.  Aggro has a cleaver way around it.

I would also recommend not mounting it directly on the mb.  For years I was a purist, and only installed the green barrel oem's that weren't suppost to leak..  The stock of these is getting quite poor and may leak if the owner puts it in storage for years.

I'm now in the phone battery club.  Would love to see other handy work here.  I'm thinking of mounting in the hard drive bay and hooking up a disconnect.  Anyone try this?

[matt3k]

No offense ,but i think its dumb to mount ANY battery in a amiga that can leak when there are better alternatives like coin cells.
what you guys don't realize is the leaking batteries often outgas when they leak which is why on some amiga boards you may see corrosion far away from the battery on other components.the fumes inside the case travel.

If you don't like the typical 3volt CR2032 cells, use the LIR2032,its a rechargeable coin cell lithium that fits inthe same cell holder (you must still use the diode),but it starts at 3.6v instead of 3v and will generally be better off with the diode voltage drop and last longer.  there are external wall chargers to recharge this coin cell,like the old cr2032, again it should never be charged by the amiga.

The 3000's battery mem holds several things, it allows the use of LUNS,it holds time and date,and allows you to set scsi into synchronous mode for better speed. it also holds settings for Speeding ramsey for ram access if i recall.

Mech

Hi Mech,

Excuse my ignorance in the matter.  Cells type batteries will never leak?  If true then this would be the best approach.

[matt3k]

Seems like there isn't a consensus that the lithium coin cell is the optimal choice for battery solution.  

So far:
+
Coin Cells will not leak.
Phone batteries can be recharged and therefore don't need a diode.
Both solutions can be mounted remotely.

-
Coin Cell will explode without proper installation of the diode.
Phone batteries are still prone to leak over time.

Anyone want to point out other  +,-  ?.

[matt3k]

Dam! look at what i am doing now because of all this talk!

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lost

Show us the final product!

[matt3k]

Sigh.. another leak waiting to happen down the road

-mech-

Ok Mech,

I think you sold me on them.  I am researching on switching over to them, I know they are not suppose to leak, but has anyone in the world ever had one leak?

If yes, I will still mount if off the mb.

Regards,

Matt