pianoboy

My lifedrive uses two of these,

http://www.all-battery.com/index.as...PROD&ProdID=967

Whoever guessed that the batteries were lithion-polymer was right. I took my ld to the US Cellular store and had the lady take my lifedrive apart. At first she noted that my lifedrive was bigger and thicker than the one SHE has(this hadn't occured to me, I've never seen another one) the measures for my lifedrive are listed here:

4 and 3/4in. tall.
2 and 9/10in wide
9/10in. thick
8.2 ounces

I took a picture of the lifedrive before we took it apart next to a 12 inch ruler and hosted it online right here: http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/...021930fm.th.jpg

In the process of taking a picture of the inside of the device, I accidentally dropped my camera on the table(ouch!!!!!), and now it ceases to turn on, I'm sending it to the kodak people and will send pictures as soon as possible, but nevertheless i'll have to relay the innards of the device via text.

The batteries noted above were located up near the top of the device. But rather than being in their regular rectangular shape, they were changed into cubes that were aligned in paralell to each other. We looked at the front of the batteries and noticed that they drain at 11.1volts, wich is much higher than the regular 3.7. I don't know how this works but it does. The batteries were hooked to a standard split connector that hooked them to the power supply(see drawing). The rest of the innards looked much like you would expect, the hard disk, the wifi chip and the microphone. After a quick look, and a waiting customer, we put the thing back together and I headed back home with my supercharged LD and broken camera.

I've been charging the battery for three hours now, and have noticed that they are only 33% charged. I've never noticed the charge time before because I always charge the LD overnight. We'll see how long it takes to change.

I don't know what mod you would have to perform to make a regular LD accept the 11.1v input, but I'm positive it can be done, does anyone know?

There you go guys, no hoax...
I'll post answers to questions if needed, tell me what to look for.
Jesse

pianoboy

what does that mean?

pianoboy

I will have pictures in about a week, maybe sooner if I can borrow my friend's camera.
Jesse

anabolic69

seriously, i hope this ain't a hoax! do post pictures

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joepagIII

id rather just wait till some company out there makes a beefier battery i already found stock replacements

joemun

Don´t believe a word! ...it´s a hoax!

Cyker

AMAZING! He's managed to fit two 30mm-thick batteries into a device which is only 20mm thick!!

joepagIII

insofar all i have found is an 1800mah.....so if were pateint someone will make a lrger capacity lion cell....

mike p

actully hes way off on voltage too, 3 cell is 11.1, 2 is 8.4, 1 is 3.7, but if he has too of the linked 8.4, thats more like 16.8

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someone lock this thread

potter

Hmm, might it be that the "Transmitter Battery Pack" referenced above could be disassembled into three cells; two of those cell have then been put into this LD, wired in parallel?

Hmm, all of those measurements look about right, other than thickness. Besides some internal photos, we could use a photo that shows it's thickness, and maybe one that shows the device's back.


I am sure such would take some serious modification to the charging and power regulation of the device. More likely is that the battery(s) have been modified.

potter

Oh [insert an exclamation here]! Please be careful when your device is open. That is a [insert another exclamation] lot of current.

Cyker

Same reason people painstakingly photoshop fake Palm PDAs


Yeah, it's fun when you accidentally short out one of these... "AHH CHRIST IT'S ON FIRE! FIRE!!! FI-*POP!*"

And then all that's left of your lovingly built balsawood powered glider is a few bits of charred wood and solarfoil, some servos and a very sad speed-controller/receiver

pianoboy

I'll be borrowing my friends digital camera today, I'll take some pictures of the back and the thickness next to my ruler, the inside pictures will follow in a couple of days. I'll be leaving on a roadtrip in about a week and a half, we'll see how well my battery holds up to 12 hours in the car. Anyway, I won't be able to get on the internet on my vacation, so I'll make sure to post the pictures of the inside before I head out, but then I'm gonna have to sign.

Look for the thickness and back pictures sometime later today.

J