[ICOM] Insert for BP3 battery pack

[Dave Edwards]

Steve... I always wondered that myself.
I have no idea, but would guess it is a temperature device...thermistor or
thermo-switch.
Perhaps to limit charge current, or safety protect if there were a short.
Eh, they sound like good guesses, don't they??
...Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <steveac at charter.net>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 5:34 PM
Subject: [ICOM] Insert for BP3 battery pack


> I recently bought an insert for the BP3 battery pack I use with my IC2AT.
>
> Started to unsolder the old battery pack from the BP3 and notice that it
> has a two-terminal component wired between the sixth and seventh cells
> (counting from the positive terminal). The component is metallic,
> rectangular, has a plastic sleeve around it and is taped such that it
> lies against the sixth and seventh cells.
>
> Wonder what that component is? Is it needed with the insert I bought? I
> don't see a similar component in the new insert.
>
> The old battery pack with the two-terminal component is the original
> that came with the IC2AT in the 1980's.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve
> K8JQ
>
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