If you get the T45 battery rebuilt with NiMH, you may need a timer to
prevent damage. If rebuilt with nicad cells, no timer necessary.
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Jeff Keller wrote:
> John mentioned that the T45 charger had to be timed. I notice Mark's
> hardware site has a couple Tim Hughes schematics, one which shows the
> charger to be a fairly "dumb" device and which has a note saying "5
> strings 4 x AA cells in each string". If you could find a dead battery
> you might be able to turn it into an AA battery holder.
> http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/PDFs/T45_Chrg_1_0.pdf
>
> -jeff
>
> On 3/12/07, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Almost any T45 battery, unless it's had the cells replaced in the last few
>>years, is going to be dead as a doorknob. I've got two T45s and two T45
>>batteries. I don't even know where the batteries are, 'cause they died long
>>ago, so I use a Quantum Turbo to power the things. It's not cheap, but it
>>works even better than the original batteries -- about 2 seconds to recharge
>>after a full dump. I'm not sure I'd buy a T45 today, knowing the battery and
>>charger problem and the expense of the way to work around it, unless you're
>>really serious. It's a great flash, though.
>>
>>Walt
>>
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>>From: "stephan Van den Zegel" <stephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>>My usual shop just found a nice T45, but without any battery or charger,
>>>does any one know where I could find the missing parts (something to put
>>>battery in that thing...)
>>>S.
>
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