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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: HDJB on November 22, 2011, 09:26:30 am

Title: Rollieflex 6008 rechargeable 10 volt battery #T1,25A
Post by: HDJB on November 22, 2011, 09:26:30 am
As I am having an awful time finding this battery (please let me know if you have one for sale) I am considering have my current one rebuilt by
a battery company in Ohio. Please let me know whether anyone has been successful with this method.  Many thanks for your input.

Harry Barclay
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Title: Re: Rollieflex 6008 rechargeable 10 volt battery #T1,25A
Post by: David Grover / Capture One on November 22, 2011, 11:20:24 am
Not this one Harry?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/44660-REG/Rollei_66251_Nicad_Battery.html
Title: Re: Rollieflex 6008 rechargeable 10 volt battery #T1,25A
Post by: Dennis Carbo on November 22, 2011, 12:48:02 pm
Hello Fellow Rollei 6008 User !

If it is the Main battery..... Try ebay - they are all over ebay and offer 4 or 5 times the capacity of the original for $40.00

Graham Mitchell has also done a write up on rebuilding them - great stuff !

Regards

Dennis

Title: Re: Rollieflex 6008 rechargeable 10 volt battery #T1,25A
Post by: EricWHiss on November 22, 2011, 01:39:56 pm
just a bit more info..

If you have a bit of skill you certainly can rebuild your old ones and get much better life - but a trick with the old rollei chargers - just charge these new celled ones twice to fill the battery to capacity.

And the new ones at B&H should have higher capacity cells already in them.

A third option is to send your old ones into Rollei Service and they will rebuild them for about $90

Title: Re: Rollieflex 6008 rechargeable 10 volt battery #T1,25A
Post by: Graham Mitchell on November 22, 2011, 02:21:43 pm
This might help: http://www.graham-mitchell.com/blog/?p=72
Title: Re: Rollieflex 6008 rechargeable 10 volt battery #T1,25A
Post by: HDJB on November 22, 2011, 03:38:51 pm
Many thanks David.
Harry
Title: Re: Rollieflex 6008 rechargeable 10 volt battery #T1,25A
Post by: HDJB on November 22, 2011, 03:40:42 pm
That's very helpful Dennis - a million thanks.

Harry
Title: Re: Rollieflex 6008 rechargeable 10 volt battery #T1,25A
Post by: HDJB on November 22, 2011, 03:41:38 pm
Many thanks.
Harry
Title: Re: Rollieflex 6008 rechargeable 10 volt battery #T1,25A
Post by: ondebanks on November 22, 2011, 04:34:02 pm
+1 for rebuilding using Chinese ebay NiMh cells, as per the instructions on Graham's blog. I recently did this to a couple of batteries, and they seem to last forever.

Ray