Thanks for the advice.
The reason for asking was simply that I have a Wallstreet battery with newish cells in which, however, I believe the controller to have failed. It came recently from China, it charged fine maybe 5 times, and then, it went stone dead. The fault could be the cells, but my bet is on the electronics.
I also just bought a reasonably mint Pismo with a dead battery, and so I idly wondered about transplanting those already-welded cells from the Wallstreet battery into the Pismo battery.
It seems that it is both dangerous to do this (which I knew, but not that it was seriously dangerous) and electronically ill-advised also (which I suspected), so I will not go there. I have instead ordered a new Pismo battery. I may, however, still try "resuscitating" my dead Wallstreet battery with those new cells by transplanting the controller from a dead battery into it. Fingers crossed, as you never know your luck....
I used the old Wallstreet intensively for several years and have been a big Wallstreet fan ... until I started playing with the Pismo. I'd never had the pleasure before, but the Pismo really is a lovely PowerBook. I think it is going to become my new travelling companion. I even prefer the Pismo's keyboard — not the usual view on the two machines.
The reason for asking was simply that I have a Wallstreet battery with newish cells in which, however, I believe the controller to have failed. It came recently from China, it charged fine maybe 5 times, and then, it went stone dead. The fault could be the cells, but my bet is on the electronics.
I also just bought a reasonably mint Pismo with a dead battery, and so I idly wondered about transplanting those already-welded cells from the Wallstreet battery into the Pismo battery.
It seems that it is both dangerous to do this (which I knew, but not that it was seriously dangerous) and electronically ill-advised also (which I suspected), so I will not go there. I have instead ordered a new Pismo battery. I may, however, still try "resuscitating" my dead Wallstreet battery with those new cells by transplanting the controller from a dead battery into it. Fingers crossed, as you never know your luck....
I used the old Wallstreet intensively for several years and have been a big Wallstreet fan ... until I started playing with the Pismo. I'd never had the pleasure before, but the Pismo really is a lovely PowerBook. I think it is going to become my new travelling companion. I even prefer the Pismo's keyboard — not the usual view on the two machines.