This place has the AA Nicads for $1.50 a piece and they add the solder tab
for free. Just got my batteries from them for my MD2. Transaction went
fine. $30 for the 20 AA isn't bad.
http://www.mrnicd-ehyostco.com/newpage3.htm
Tom
> On Sat, 7 Apr 2001 Johnsonpa@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Actually, I would consider it quite dead. I haven't got around to the
number
> > of full discharges, but I think its going to be about 15 or 20. Frank
van
> > Lindert (?) says he changed his batteries with NiMH and replaced some of
the
> > circuits. Anybody else have any luck replacing the batteries? I hear
that a
> > lot of people go with Quantum batts carried over the shoulder :(
>
> You'll need 20 AA size batteries to rebuild the pack. I would recommend
> sticking with NiCd's rather than switching to NiMH's. Rebuilding the pack
> is pretty straight forward, no electronics involved at all. Just open it
> up, solder up the new pack and put it in. The only downside is that 20
AA's
> aren't particularly cheap, especially after you get the tabs spot welded
to
> them :-(
>
> > Oh well.
> > I'm considering returning the item if others say there should be no such
> > noise.
>
> Mine doesn't make any noise either.
> -mark
>
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