We've all been using the unmodified Olympus charger and limiting charge
time to a max of 4 hours. Everything is GO!
John
Greg Heier wrote:
> One question I've had about this, is what is done for recharging? Is the
> NiCd charger used and just carefully timed so the batteries don't get
> overcharged (and melt, explode, or otherwise do bad things)? Is a NiMH
> battery charger modified to charge the Control Pack?
>
> Greg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of fdayrit@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 12:06 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Motor 2 Control Pack
>
> hi greg,
> speak to john h., if you get an old shell of an control pack with dead
> batteries, which will definitety be much cheaper than a working one, he
> can retrofit it with nickel metal batteries which will make a whole of a
> lot of difference over the NiCD that the original has.
> francis
> Stuart Goggin wrote:
> Hello Greg,
>
> I just bought a md 2 with a control grip 1. Works find. One of the list
> members has a full page description of the various md components, I
> think
> you can get to it from Lee's web page.....
>
> Stuart
> Subject: [OM] Motor 2 Control Pack
> Date: 12 Jun 98 14:37:42
> From: Greg Heier greg@xxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: OO2UNIX.AU.ORACLE.COM:olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Olympus List olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'm thinking about getting a
> Motor Drive 2, but it does not come with Control Pack 2. Can I use
> Control Pack 1 or Control Grip 1 in it's place? Whats the difference (if
> any) between the 1 and 2 series power sources? Also, what kind of
> battery does Control Pack 2 use...is it also NiCd?Thanks in advance!
> :)Greg
>
>
>
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