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Step 4Close it up and make the wife happy.
I wanted to use the original charging cradle to charge it, just by putting an adapter on the charging cord for my smart charger, however there seems to be a diode or such in the way, so I had to bypass it with a bit of wire.
As shown here, you can see the charging paddle directly shorted to the positive lead by a loop of wire I also soldered in place. Tight confines, but I was able to do it with a bit of care. Lousy angle, but you can see the diode if you look carefully.
I'm basically going to let the dustbuster run down a bit with regular use, and as soon as I notice it getting slow I'll put the charger on it. This is probably an ok strategy with the NiMH batteries. It's still *very* strong now, and It's been about 2 weeks since it's last charge. It works better than it did new!
Happy dust-busting-
-Rocket Guy
As shown here, you can see the charging paddle directly shorted to the positive lead by a loop of wire I also soldered in place. Tight confines, but I was able to do it with a bit of care. Lousy angle, but you can see the diode if you look carefully.
I'm basically going to let the dustbuster run down a bit with regular use, and as soon as I notice it getting slow I'll put the charger on it. This is probably an ok strategy with the NiMH batteries. It's still *very* strong now, and It's been about 2 weeks since it's last charge. It works better than it did new!
Happy dust-busting-
-Rocket Guy
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