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Mooly · 31st Jan 2023, 2:57 pm

I fitted a lithium coil cell nearly a couple of decades ago to Philips 16" FST portable. Snipped the resistor that was used to charge the nicad pack. Its still going strong after all these years.

These nicad issues were a problem even when the sets were quite new. Absolutely terrible design imo.

31st Jan 2023, 2:57 pm	#8
Mooly Octode Join Date: May 2011 Location: Lancashire, UK. Posts: 1,351	Re: Philips CP90 and others: memory battery. I fitted a lithium coil cell nearly a couple of decades ago to Philips 16" FST portable. Snipped the resistor that was used to charge the nicad pack. Its still going strong after all these years. These nicad issues were a problem even when the sets were quite new. Absolutely terrible design imo.