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Old 10-04-2009, 04:55 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
If I still had mine, I'd probably replace the (long since dead) batteries with lithium variants. I used to have a source for "dead" laptop batteries, which I could get for free, and repair for very little money. (It's often only one or two dead cells, not the whole battery.)
The UPS units I have used so far have been entirely incompatible with Lithium. They continuously charge the battery at 13+ volts, so as not to overcharge it, but so that the battery is always fully-charged.
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