Make a battery for a rechargeable mouse

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Make a Battery for a Rechargeable Mouse

by ubernoober1477 on August 23, 2007

Table of Contents

intro: Make a Battery for a Rechargeable Mouse 2

step 1: prep 2

step 2: getting the new battery 3

step 3: finishing up 4

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Comments 5

intro: Make a Battery for a Rechargeable Mouse

My dad gave me his old wireless keyboard and mouse because his old mouse wouldn't hold a charge for very long I have been looking into a wireless keyboard and mouse for my notebook but prices are not in my range as of right now ha So i took his and began looking into the manual for it when i saw that it could also run on 3AAA batterys Yeah, that could be easier to do, but i don't want to go and buy batterys every time the mouse runs out (which is why i want rechargeable, duhh) so i have 2 options 1-get rechargeable batterys and link them together so they could be recharged on the dock or 2-find something else that could be used as a battery

step 1: prep

take out the battery case and remove the battery, then remove batterys

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1 take the batterys out and use the case

2 party wound dont ask

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1 just like i thought, 3AAA

1 old connectors, dont need them

step 2: getting the new battery

i decided to use a ipod mini battery that i had laying around from all the ipod parts that i have i cut the black and red wires, extended them, and then wrapped them around the appropriate metal tab

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1 neg

2 pos

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1 added wires to the end of the battery for length

2 ipod mini battery (the battery comes with 3 wires:red, black, and white you dont need the white)

3 just twisted the wires on, the lazy way

step 3: finishing up

place the battery into the existing case and close up Finally, test the mouse!

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i let the battery run out just to test if it recharges the following day,l i put it on the cradle for a few secs and it worked i'll update to give the full battery length

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1 an oh so perfect fit, it just snaps into place

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1 charge dock

2 power cord goes here

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Comments

i have the same mouse!!! and always staying out of power

Great Work! I have this mouse and it desperately needs new battery's

How did you crack open the battery compartment?

Just a small cover under the battery, just pry it off and glue it on afterwards

Question, does anyone know if there is rechargeable button cell batteries? because i have a bluetooth headset that needs new rechargeables, and if there is

i will even make and instructable on it

i think so

how well does it work charge cuz it looks like the original batteries say ni-mh and the ipod mini battery says li-ion? I thought they charged differently

hey did u start wit li lon or nimh or nicad

cotton says: Jan 12, 2008 5:24 PM REPLY

cool oh ya who every hurt you at the party is a jerk

If you didn't want people to ask, why did you include the word party and use your left hand in the shot? you do have a right hand, don't you? And if not, I'm sorry

he lost it at the party, duh =P

Interesting to use an IPod battery, but as you show in your photos this mouse uses 3 AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries The same as you would buy from any store So why not simply replace the batteries with matching NiMH rechargeables I know its not as adventurous though

Better remove this contribution before someone is going to try it

Bang !

This is obscenely dangerous Nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal-hydride batteries can be "dumb" charged, you just put the right voltage across them, and they'll accept current until they're full Leaving them on the charger once they're full heats them up a little and may shorten their lifespan a little, but it doesn't

do any immediate damage A very low current ("trickle") charge is common, and good practice

Lithium-ion and lithium-polymer batteries on the hand, must be "smart" charged The bulk charge is delivered with a current-limited supply, but when the open-terminal voltage reaches a certain point, charge current must be carefully monitored, and when current drops to a certain point, the charging supply

must be disconnected.

Continued charging past the safe termination point will cause metallic lithium to plate-out on the electrodes, which will then short out the battery, causing it to

melt or explode which the industry euphemistically terms "venting with flame" A trickle-charger is also known as a detonator if you stick a lithium battery on

it

The Gyropoint is designed for nickel metal hydride batteries, and thus the charger lacks the specialized logic required for lithium This instructable is likely to burn your house down Please educate yourself about lithium battery charging before playing with this energy-dense, lightweight, and fickle chemistry

Agreed, you can see on the picture if you look closely that the Ipod batt does say "Li-ion"

"white wire, you don't need it" Well, indeed you do Because of the more volatile nature of of Li-Ion, the individual cells are charged individually I'm not sure about the i-pod battery, but notebook batteries and Li-Poly(a cousin of Li-Ion) batteries have individual wires coming from the junction between cells for this purpose http://linux-7110.sourceforge.net/howtos/netbook_new/LIbattery/LIbattery.html Look near the bottom of this link for what i'm talking about

In short, do NOT use Lithium-based batteries unless you know what you're doing I mean REALLY KNOW what you're doing

:-\ yours uses a pack? mine uses 2 AA batterys (witch i use rechargables) they last me 2 months of basic use and 1 month of gaming :-)

well if im correct, AA puts out 1.5 volts and AAA is around 1 volt ill have to check though

no AAA, AA, D, C, = 1.5 and 9 volt = 9 and rechargables are 1.2 but my rechargable AA batterys still work

AAA, AA, C & D batteries - if NOT rechargable - put out 1.5 volts Recargable batteries put out 1.2 volts

The amount of charge they can hold depends of the size and of the cemicals inside the battery NiMH batteries usually hold a larger amount of load than NiCd batteries of the same size

AA, AAA, D, and C batteries all put out 1.5V They just hold different amounts of charge

BAH!! Different rechargable battery companies sometimes vary in volts Energizer has AA AND AAA batteries in BOTH 1.2 and 1.5 volts Likewise, mah varies from model to model Energizer has 2500mah models and 2200mah models in both AA and AAA

End of discussion?

rechargeable batterys are 1.2v and alkaline batterys are 1.5v

Like I said, it varies if you can prove me wrong, please do!! =)

1.5 Volt Alkaline AA-AAA 1.5 Volt Lithium Ion AA-AAA (this is non rechargeable!) 1.2 Volt Rechargeable NiMH AA-AAA

1.2 Volt Rechargeable NiCad AA-AAA 3.7 Volt Lithium Polymer (you must buy from a custom place.) AA-AAA, Sub C, any

-currently there arent any chemistries out that are 1.5 and rechargeable :-( Only 1.2, 3.7, 12 volt, (basic, single cell), there are more, but these are the main ones

Of course there are 1.5 volt rechargeable batteries

GRANDCELL makes a range of them

This project need to be removed As someone else said, LI Batts require a their specific charger This project can kill you and burn down your house

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BUILD It

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pure-Energy-Rechargeable-Batteries-Recharger/dp/B000NVRDZ6

1.5 volt rechargable AA's

though, i dunno if the batteries are "rechargable" or if it's just the circuit

see http://www.afrotechmods.com/reallycheap/batteries/batts.htm for basic circuit

I have that Gyration Mouse It pretty much rocks I will bookmark this hack!