I too have old phones but I’m struggling to find power cords. In a fit of downsizing I stupidly chucked a bunch of chargers. No idea how the phones didn’t get file 13 as well. Any advice on where to find/buy old chargers?
Excellent article Tex. I have half a dozen of phones I reclaimed from my supermarket's recycle bin years ago, they were from the generation where the battery could be swapped. I bought althought their batteries were missing, I replaced them with a generic design (they were all 3,7 V DC ) I just wired to the contacts.
It is a good thing to research where on each phone is +, - and TEMP now while the information is still available on the internet, and why not download the user manual while we're at it. Also be sure to have the connecting cables if still available (it could be one of those items on a list on Amazon you add to the cart to get past beyond the "free delivery" threshold).
For non-removable battery phones, I think the use of an external battery would be sufficient, there are never too much of those around anyway. I standardised my setup for USB power. If there are brownouts, I have a car battery charger, the power for the USB batteries will come from car batteries, as I don't want the bad quality electricity to somehow destroy the USB battery directly.
I too have old phones but I’m struggling to find power cords. In a fit of downsizing I stupidly chucked a bunch of chargers. No idea how the phones didn’t get file 13 as well. Any advice on where to find/buy old chargers?
The best bets run on USB formats. You can plug the appropriate usb cable in and there will be generic chargers that will work for most phones.
The ones that use special power supply pins are very tough to locate replacements for.
Good to know! Thanks 😊
Thanks for posting it!
Excellent article Tex. I have half a dozen of phones I reclaimed from my supermarket's recycle bin years ago, they were from the generation where the battery could be swapped. I bought althought their batteries were missing, I replaced them with a generic design (they were all 3,7 V DC ) I just wired to the contacts.
It is a good thing to research where on each phone is +, - and TEMP now while the information is still available on the internet, and why not download the user manual while we're at it. Also be sure to have the connecting cables if still available (it could be one of those items on a list on Amazon you add to the cart to get past beyond the "free delivery" threshold).
For non-removable battery phones, I think the use of an external battery would be sufficient, there are never too much of those around anyway. I standardised my setup for USB power. If there are brownouts, I have a car battery charger, the power for the USB batteries will come from car batteries, as I don't want the bad quality electricity to somehow destroy the USB battery directly.