Hi all,
when trying to reactivate a 9114 disk drive by loading the accu pack, the latter seems to be exhausted.
The drive only shows a flashing "low bat" sign, the "test" light shines continuously, while the "disk active" light remains off.
Two days of loading didn't change a thing. I tried two packs, one only some years old (approx. '99).
So far the facts. The questions:
1. Do lead-acid packs age over time?
2. Can they be reactivated by several charge/ discharge cycles (if so, how to discharge, when the device doesn't work)?
3. If reactivation doesn't help: How can the charger be connected directly to the drive's contacts (instead of the accu pack's drawer)?
4. If the aboce doesn't help: (esp. German) Readers, do know a source in the vicinity?
One could muse lots about whether devices decades old are worth reactivating, but it makes me merry watching a small machine like the 41 controlling a bunch of others, feeding output, sending control signals, getting input.
Gruß aus Deutschland,
Klaus.