{"product_id":"macintosh-portable-battery-eliminator","title":"Macintosh Portable Battery Eliminator","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTired of keeping a lead acid battery happy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGet rid of the battery entirely with this. For wall-tethered usage only. Currently this does not offer a PRAM retention mechanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly for use on Mac Portables which have had their capacitors replaced, and all related motherboard corrosion, fluid leakage, and damage fully repaired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTom Barber or Tech by Androda, LLC are not liable or responsible for irresponsible installations (installing in systems without replacing the capacitors) or the effects of capacitor leakage on your Portable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTesting Performed (On an M5120):\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Boot With Original Hard Drive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Copy from Floppy to Original Hard Drive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Boot from BlueSCSI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTested and Working On M5126 Backlit Portable:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTesting performed by \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/u1p5L42kR64\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTechknight\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis ought to let you use 7.5 volt power supplies of greater than 1.5 amp current capacity, as it fully replaces the battery. The Mac Portable has a 7 amp fuse to the battery, because the battery is really what runs the system. The original 1.5 amp supply is just enough to trickle charge the battery while booted with original hard drive running.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstallation And Use:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Refer to product images, which shows the product fully installed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Remove the keyboard shroud (this covers the display connector, SCSI connector, etc)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Unplug the original battery harness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Plug the included jumper cable into the motherboard and route under the display hinge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Hook the jumper cable to the Battery Eliminator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Plug Battery Eliminator into the Modem slot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Plug Power Adapter into the Battery Eliminator (not the original DC in jack, which now does nothing)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Wait about 1 minute and 30 seconds (this is how long it takes to charge the supercapacitors)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Boot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemoval:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Unplug the DC power adapter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Use the included jumper to bridge the “Discharge” header\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Wait about an hour for the supercapacitors to discharge to a safer voltage level\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Unplug from Modem slot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Disconnect from the motherboard cable\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSold under license from Tech By Androda LLC\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom's BlueSCSI Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44018853019684,"sku":"PBE-built","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/2078\/7748\/files\/batt1.avif?v=1775742179","url":"https:\/\/bluescsi.myshopify.com\/products\/macintosh-portable-battery-eliminator","provider":"Tom's BlueSCSI Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}