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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been down this road several years ago.
I cannot remember the exact situation with the pins. But, I remember
looking at mine and seeing that two of the pins were connect together
on the PCB. You can double check the polarity by checking the voltage at
the battery with the mixer turned on. That is what I did with mine.
I had no choice since my original battery exploded like a electrolytic cap
inside the unit one day (talk about a mess). I did not have the
benefit of any old battery at all. Based on the fact that I had voltage
without the battery, I assumed rechargeable. I found a 3 cell Ni-cad made
for some kind of wireless phone that had flexible leads. I soldered that
in few years ago and it had worked fine since.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As a side note, I have found that the SPM 8:2 has a
heat problem. With the power supply inside the unit, the design did not
allow for the heat to escape. The heat would manifest itself by
providing erratic operation after use for a couple of hours in the rack. I
had two of these mixers, and this problem existed with both. Once
cool, it again worked fine. I added a very small fan for air in one
direction and drilled a series of holes for the other direction so that air
would move through the unit across the power supply region. In have not
had any problems since.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Larry Hendry</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:elmacaco@nyc.rr.com" title=elmacaco@nyc.rr.com>elmacaco</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl"
title=synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl>synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 25, 2002 9:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [sdiy] German Speakers
needed.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am in need of a battery replacement for my
simmons SPM 8:2 mixer, inside the battery has a little plastic cap that
reads</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>EMMERICH</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2> -</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>NCM 3,6</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
+ +</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>West Germany</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can gather that they mean 3.6V but what's
NCM?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>also, i think the three pin battery layout
usually has ground with the two pins, and + with the one pin (like them
battery holders from RS)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This lid seems to indicate
otherwise.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>any help or hits very much
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>merry merry,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eduardo</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>