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    Backup battery..I need one or need to make one.

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by HopelesslyFaithful, Aug 23, 2012.

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    HopelesslyFaithful Notebook Virtuoso

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    Does anyone know of a good price battery backup that is prebuilt? I need it to be +/- 19V and I was looking at batteryspace.com and they don't have any good PCM/PCB available for a single purchase. They have one but it only supports 5 cells, which i am a little fuzzy on. Does that mean it only supports 5 cells total or 5 cells in serial? Can I do 5s2p or 5s3p? Worse case I need to just build a NiMH one but that will eat batteries up because it will be 16 serial lol. I know that'll eat through a couple cells if i don't stop using it at 25-50% left capacity because not all cells will maintain an even voltage.


    So I am wondering if anyone knows what that PCM/PCB means by 5 cells. Also if there are any cheap/affordable prebuilts. Also I haven't yet emailed them to see if an expception can be made with sending me the better PCM/PCB with only a single order. (i'll work on that later tonight)


    BTW I feel as if I am missing something so i'll probably update in a few hours after i realize what it was lol

    As always thanks!
     
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    bump any help?