4x lithium AA in a bracket?

gdjacobs wrote:

4x lithium AA in a bracket?

If the motherboard don't attempt to recharge i guess it will be fine.

The original battery is non rechargeable so there should be no back feeding current. You can check for a forward diode drop between positive and negative on the battery header with high impedance in reverse.

Well I just got word that the Miami supplier does have the original model and a third party model battery. So all is good in the world.

Actually I'll drop the links here just in case someone ever needs one. This is the only U.S. side supplier I could find that stocks these.

http://www.microbattery.com/cmos-bre3c3bca-li … m-clock-battery

http://www.microbattery.com/cmos-b9591t-lithi … m-clock-battery

Where are you located? I still have several of these NOS from an auction few years ago, but shipping from Germany may be more costly than the device.
You could use a combination of two CR123A or a CR P2P instead, because thats basically whats inside this box. The connecting wire of your battery pack usually holds a small resistor to limit current draw. You should use this for your selfbuild replacement

eisapc wrote:

Where are you located? I still have several of these NOS from an auction few years ago, but shipping from Germany may be more costly than the device.
You could use a combination of two CR123A or a CR P2P instead, because thats basically whats inside this box. The connecting wire of your battery pack usually holds a small resistor to limit current draw. You should use this for your selfbuild replacement

Thanks for the offer, but I am over the pond in the U.S. and it probably is not worth the shipping costs.

Wow!!! That Miami distributor told me it was in stock and then sent me the invoice that said backordered. When I called the next business day the order was cancelled and they never called me. Never dealing with them again.

The distributor tech support was telling me that this battery is 1.2V higher, but may work just fine. Couldn't that fry something on the motherboard of my NEC Powermate Portable though? Would 1.2V higher be an issue than the factory standard 6V battery?

http://www.microbattery.com/cmos-b9591t-lithi … m-clock-battery

eisapc wrote:

Where are you located? I still have several of these NOS from an auction few years ago, but shipping from Germany may be more costly than the device.
You could use a combination of two CR123A or a CR P2P instead, because thats basically whats inside this box. The connecting wire of your battery pack usually holds a small resistor to limit current draw. You should use this for your selfbuild replacement

Hey eisapc,

Check your PM. I might take you up on your offer since that distributor ended up not having the part. Thanks for any help.