• 5 Volt for charging?

    From T@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 9 00:42:48 2024
    Hi All,

    We just had to run our third Li battery pack off to
    recycling due to the battery swelling. THis last one
    actually cracked the case.

    So I am thing that I will build her a NiMH pack
    that I can remove the batteries and charge them
    on NiMH friendly charger.

    Two questions:

    1) Am I right that the charging circuitry is
    in the tablet not he battery pack?

    2) Am I correct that I I need to do is provide
    a regulated 5 volt souse?

    Many thanks,
    -T

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  • From Arno Welzel@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 11 17:28:57 2024
    T, 2024-06-09 09:42:

    We just had to run our third Li battery pack off to
    recycling due to the battery swelling. THis last one
    actually cracked the case.

    So I am thing that I will build her a NiMH pack
    that I can remove the batteries and charge them
    on NiMH friendly charger.

    Two questions:

    1) Am I right that the charging circuitry is
    in the tablet not he battery pack?

    That depends on the tablet. But at least some kind of protection
    circuitry is part of the battery pack.

    2) Am I correct that I I need to do is provide
    a regulated 5 volt souse?

    Yes, the tablet may work with regulated 5V. However some Android devices
    don't work with a LiIon battery present. I had this issue with an old
    "Archos 35 Home Connect"
    (<https://arnowelzel.de/en/android-on-a-clock-radio>). The battery once
    didn't work any longer and I decided to remove the battery and use the
    device with external power only since the device was stationary anyway.
    However that didn't work. Without a battery connected the device didn't
    even power on even with external power provided.


    --
    Arno Welzel
    https://arnowelzel.de

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  • From T@21:1/5 to Arno Welzel on Tue Jun 11 14:00:04 2024
    On 6/11/24 08:28, Arno Welzel wrote:
    T, 2024-06-09 09:42:

    We just had to run our third Li battery pack off to
    recycling due to the battery swelling. THis last one
    actually cracked the case.

    So I am thing that I will build her a NiMH pack
    that I can remove the batteries and charge them
    on NiMH friendly charger.

    Two questions:

    1) Am I right that the charging circuitry is
    in the tablet not he battery pack?

    That depends on the tablet. But at least some kind of protection
    circuitry is part of the battery pack.

    2) Am I correct that I I need to do is provide
    a regulated 5 volt souse?

    Yes, the tablet may work with regulated 5V. However some Android devices don't work with a LiIon battery present. I had this issue with an old
    "Archos 35 Home Connect" (<https://arnowelzel.de/en/android-on-a-clock-radio>). The battery once didn't work any longer and I decided to remove the battery and use the
    device with external power only since the device was stationary anyway. However that didn't work. Without a battery connected the device didn't
    even power on even with external power provided.

    Thank you!

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