Is the 0801 battery protected?

[Squirrel]

Hello all, my trusty 0801 had been coming up with the error message about failing to write/needing recovery on startup which I believe is caused by the battery being dud.

I removed the battery from it and soldered in one I had in the bits box from a mini quadcopter.

However I'm worried that the new one I soldered in, which works perfectly, might not be protected.

So does anyone know if the original 0801 batteries are overcharge-protected on the battery or is this performed by the unit itself?

Thanks in advance all.

 

[jokiin]

don't think there was anything on the battery from memory

 

[Squirrel]

I'm not sure now.

Spotted this on the original battery, looks like some sort of circuitry.

The little mini one at the top that I replaced it with didn't have this.

I ordered this one from Amazon that might be more suitable as it looks much closer to the original.

 

[jokiin]

when they have that type of circuit and your replacement battery doesn't join the leads on the other side of the circuit and keep that in place

 

[Squirrel]

Quick update to say that I believe this Amazon one IS indeed protected. However I may have opened up my 0801 too many times and messed up the little mount power cable lol!