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DAUPHIN-L: Re: Wierd thing inside battery pack.



>left.eye-cell-cell-cell-*-@-cell-cell-cell-right.eye
>
>where:
>	* = a big black thing with part #KIXON(R) 8-8,  4NM(0)-06 M31
>	    (I think, though it was hard to read)
>	@ = a thing that looks like a fat, metal can diode, labelled,
>	    PAT.  K, MICROTEMP (R), 4194A1  UR, CKAXQ  93C
>
>OK, the part labeled Microtemp is a temperature sensor to stop charging the
battery pack if the internal temp reaches 93C judging from the part number.
The other part is probably a fuse designed to blow if the pack shorts out
internally. I work with cellular phone batteries and have seen these in
every battery pack out there.

Shawn