Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All camera ( and other ) batteries are made up of smaller batteries, wired to produce the required voltage, inside the case. ?Nikon etc ask for a specific battery voltage, storage capacity ( mAH or milli ampere hours) and case..... The guts may be the same as another battery, but the case may be different.Having said that, making up a new case is trivial on a 3D printer, if you have all the specs, and connector contacts. ?You could conceivably figure all of that out.You go get the 3D printer to do its thing.... Now you have a proper case for your M10 battery.Here is the area I strongly suggest against.... You must open up the old battery to extract its contents..... If you do that wrong and nick a battery cell inside, you have a leaky LITHIUM battery, a mess on your hands, and maybe a fire.Is that worth it? Go buy a Leica?battery..... ? Less trouble.After all, are you a photographer making money taking pictures or a electronics technician? Frank Filippone?Red735i at verizon.net On?Wednesday, April 24, 2019,?kyle cassidy via LUG?<lug at leica-users.org>?wrote: Hi folks! Wondering if anybody's found a third party option for the BS-SCL5 M10 battery. It seems likely to be just a repackaging of one of the Lumix batteries (possibly the BLC12MX). While the Leica Q battery I believe is merely a rebranding of the Panasonic DMW_BLC12, on the M10 battery it looks like they've moved the contacts about 3mm so you can't use a panasonic battery out of the box (though it seems like an excellent opportunity to use the 3d printer at the library and make a new housing for a battery). Thoughts or experiences on this? Kyle _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information