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In article <897@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
><<bad battery pack on a Sony D7>>
>
>I'm not sure about the D7, but the hard case for the D5 used a battery pack
>that was identical to one of the camcorders that Sony makes, but the battery
>is kind of expensive. [...]
>
>Genrally, running a battery down to empy is a good thing in the case
>of NiCd cells, [...]
    ^^^^

The battery pack for the D7 and D10 is called a "BP-100", and it's a *lead-
acid* battery, not NiCad. It seems pretty specific to the application, too, as
it "mates" to the Discman itself (I doubt that it would fit any camcorder.)
I don't know of any way of "recovering" lead-acid battery.

It is possible to take apart a BP-100, but I'd have serious doubts about being
able to put it back together again and have it fit and function correctly (the
screwed-on cover seems to be glued in place.)

I suppose an alternative to the BP-100 would be to use the 9-volt plug in back
and kludge up some NiCad pack to slip onto it, but that seems like more work
than it's worth.


-Neal