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  Over Charging
 
I have a collection of HandyBoards I'm trying to prepare for class this fall. They're a few years old now and have seem some fairly heavy use. I'm having trouble charging them and am hoping there's a component to replace or something I can fix to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Over Charging
 
When the batteries are really run down, they can draw too much current through the on-board charging circuit. (I'm assuming you are plugging adapters directly to the HBs, rather than going through the serial interface/phone line charge ckt.) About 6 (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Over Charging
 
Fred, We had the same problem and traced it to the resistor. We can try the ZAP mode, but for future reference we would like to know the value you used to replace the 47 Ohm 1/2 watt resistor. Any chance we could get that information? Thanks, Dan (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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