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Peter Ceresole <peter@cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <895611249.16529.0.nnrp-05.c2de7881@news.demon.co.uk>,
> "Alan R Barker" <alan@barker-tech.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >Does anyone have the spec. for the clock battery of the Performa 5320?
> 
> I'm not sure but I believe that all the recent `Mac PRAM batteries are the
> same. The one that came out of my 7500 has "3.6V Lithium LS 14250" written
> on it. 
> 
> If you extract it and take it in to Maplin, they can supply you with a
> replacement.

Firstly, don't go anywhere near an Apple dealer. Much as I love my Mac,
Apple dealers in the UK are seriously into ripping off users. The
majority of authorised Apple dealers will want around �25 for changing
the battery. It is something that anyone with a screwdriver can do in
two minutes.

As Peter says, most recent Macs use the same battery - these can be
obtained from some of the more specialised outlets - Maplin, Farnell,
RS, etc.

However, unless you have a suitable retail outlet nearby or an
RS/Farnell catalogue, it can still be a bit difficult to get an exact
replacement.

But, I have discovered, Duracell now do a camera (?) battery which is
the same size - this is carried by Boots and the like. The voltage is
slightly lower that the specified voltage but this does not matter. When
my LCII battery finally failed it was delivering less than 2 V, so 3 V
as opposed to 3.5 or 3.8 doesn't matter and will work just as well, if
not for quite as long.

Regards,
-- 
Larry Stoter
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