THIS IS how to Fix a sony infolithium battery

19 Aug 2005 1:52 AM

homepiss

I had problems with my sony infolith batteries after about a year & I
finally found an answer
So I want to spread it along to everyone.

Go to Radio Shack and ask for a 0-watt 10 ohm resistor

(dont worry I had no idea what it was either It looks like a small
white lego with 2 wires coming out of each end.)

It cossts aout a DOLLAR!!

Stand up battery and place one wire into batery hole and the other wire
in the other hole.

after a couple of minutes the resistor will feel warm.
Keep it on until it feels cool again. (about an hour)

then just recharge the battery as usualy that should reset it.
good luck and pass it along> I was thinking of getting a new camera
till I found this fix.
hope this helps.
-A

19 Aug 2005 1:21 PM

Malcolm Stewart

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>
> I had problems with my sony infolith batteries after about a year & I
> finally found an answer
> So I want to spread it along to everyone.
> Go to Radio Shack and ask for a 0-watt 10 ohm resistor
> (dont worry I had no idea what it was either It looks like a small
> white lego with 2 wires coming out of each end.)

Very timely!
My first two InfoLithiums are fine, but the latest with the fancy indicator
tells lies. Must say I'm a bit worried asking a "0-watt" resistor to
dissipate ANY energy at all!

--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm

19 Aug 2005 2:24 PM

ajeans

Malcolm Stewart (malcolm_stew***@megalith.freeserve.co.uk) wrote:

: Very timely!
: My first two InfoLithiums are fine, but the latest with the fancy indicator
: tells lies. Must say I'm a bit worried asking a "0-watt" resistor to
: dissipate ANY energy at all!

Maybe a 10-watt resistor? That should be big enough not to get too hot.

Albert

19 Aug 2005 7:27 PM

Kevin

Malcolm Stewart <malcolm_stew***@megalith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> Very timely!
> My first two InfoLithiums are fine, but the latest with the fancy indicator
> tells lies. Must say I'm a bit worried asking a "0-watt" resistor to
> dissipate ANY energy at all!

10-watt, maybe.

What you're doing is shorting out the battery (well, under a small load).

Isn't this going to kill the battery if you let it completely, utterly die?
I was somehow under the impression that that was a very bad thing.

20 Aug 2005 2:06 PM

Dimitrios Tzortzakakis

My sony camcorder ccd TR-425 E consumes 2.5 W when recording so a 10 W
resistor will do.

--
Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering, freelance electrician
FH von Iraklion-Kreta, freiberuflicher Elektriker
dimtzort AT otenet DOT gr

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> Malcolm Stewart <malcolm_stew***@megalith.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > Very timely!
> > My first two InfoLithiums are fine, but the latest with the fancy
indicator
> > tells lies. Must say I'm a bit worried asking a "0-watt" resistor to
> > dissipate ANY energy at all!
>
> 10-watt, maybe.
>
> What you're doing is shorting out the battery (well, under a small load).
>
> Isn't this going to kill the battery if you let it completely, utterly
die?
> I was somehow under the impression that that was a very bad thing.
>