 Converting Z To Use Std Digital Camera Battery, Using std Digital Camera Battery in the |
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 Jul 19 2005, 04:15 PM
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I am seriously thinking of opening my SL5500 up to perform some surgery on it in order to take one of the stock digital camera batteries that I can get easily and cheaply. The benefits are that I can stick an Li Ion 1800 mah battery in the Z which I can buy for about £17 to £20.
My current sharp battery the EA-BL06 is not holding its charge and is difficult to get in the UK. (I have found one place charging 49 Euro ) I have the instructions on how to open the Z , and although I wont know until I look at the PCB in detail I am assuming I will just cut the tracks to the two outside terminal posts of the battery connector and wire them in reverse. This may seem "excessive" but trust me the battery thing is wearing me out. Almost all the digital camera battery have the opposite polarity from Z and you can get battery with the exact same footprint as the EA-BL06 if not slightly smaller so they will fit with a bit of plastic packing if need be. Anyone think of any reason why I cant use a (good) digital camera in this way - I mean from the battery standpoint . The only thing I'am worried about is a muli layer track that I cant get access to. If I find that I may have to desolder the connector and isolate the two end pins completely. Since Sharp pulled out their's not a lot left here in the uk for parts and support for the Z SL5500. |
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Aug 20 2005, 04:59 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 793 Joined: 28-November 04 From: NM, US, sometimes Asia Member No.: 5,633 |
Thanks Marty! Found a site that lists the FLNP120 as "a direct replacement for the Fuji NP120, Pentax D-Li7 and Ricoh DB43 batteries."
From the product number NP120, D-Li7 and DB43, google and I can find an equivalent OEM battery around $16 (wo shipping). 
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Sep 12 2005, 08:12 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Colorado, USA Member No.: 8,029 |
There are three contacts on the battery, +, -, and a third - what is the third contact? Is it a smartbattery? My laptop has a I2C controllable battery monitor, is it the same way with these batteries?
Anyway, For those in the US here's an option for collie/poodle batteries http://www.pdainternalbattery.com/sharppdabattery.html Unfortunately $29 is higher than some other options, wish there was a source for around that 17 euros mark even if US currency is less than the original USD to Euro conversion  Anyone have any other good places to go for batteries? |
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Marty Converting Z To Use Std Digital Camera Battery Jul 19 2005, 04:15 PM
xatax How will you charge it? If you charge the batt via... Jul 19 2005, 06:17 PM chrget QUOTE(Marty @ Jul 20 2005, 02:15 AM)I am seri... Jul 19 2005, 09:17 PM
Marty I wanted to have much better battery life as possi... Jul 23 2005, 04:04 PM esteeven QUOTE(Marty @ Jul 24 2005, 01:04 AM)I wanted ... Aug 15 2005, 11:27 AM Snappy As far as li-ion charging is concerned, putting in... Jul 23 2005, 05:41 PM esteeven oops. sorry about the above. fingers too quick on ... Aug 15 2005, 11:33 AM Snappy QUOTE(esteeven @ Aug 15 2005, 07:33 PM)oops. ... Aug 15 2005, 11:44 AM Marty The replacment battery I altered has been working ... Aug 18 2005, 03:06 PM brashley46 QUOTE(Snappy @ Aug 15 2005, 03:44 PM)QUOTE(es... Sep 17 2005, 06:51 PM patsy999 how did the battery perform?
ive been geting my r... Nov 23 2005, 02:52 AM brashley46 QUOTE(patsy999 @ Nov 23 2005, 06:52 AM)how di... Nov 24 2005, 07:20 PM Snappy Marty, any idea where to get this Energizer batter... Aug 18 2005, 03:10 PM Marty Try here first
http://www.energizer.com/
They... Aug 20 2005, 04:02 PM |
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