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<DIV name="wrteplaceholder">Isn't it just easier to place the new NiCd battery far from any other component ?</DIV>
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<DIV name="wrteplaceholder">Just a thought...<BR></DIV>
<DIV name="wrteplaceholder">The current battery is the original one, I had this synth for about 17 years now...</DIV>
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<DIV name="wrteplaceholder">It's supposedly been used only 3 years before I got it ...</DIV>
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<DIV name="wrteplaceholder"><PRE dir=ltr>>The "dirt" was not the green acid ususally leaking from batteries.
<BR>>It was rather black colour, but the place it was found makes me think it
<BR>>was acid stuff....
<BR>>It was just as close to the battery than to anything else.... strange...
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<BR>No idea. But it makes for a better ending to the story.
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<BR>>Well, I understand a standard battery cannot be used as replacement,
<BR>>what type of battery should I use that doesn't require any mod to the
<BR>>circuit ?
<BR>>Is there such anyway ?
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<BR>Assuming it's a NiCd all you need is one with the same voltage and capacity
<BR>rating.
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<BR>The reason for replacing it with an alkaline or lithium battery is because
<BR>catastrophic leakage is much less likely. NiCd's are notorious for this.
<BR>They'll work fine as a memory backup for years and then one day... It's
<BR>like playing battery roulette. I'm sure a number of other subscribers have
<BR>had the same experience with this as I have--probably more--which is why
<BR>the general consensus here has always been to NOT use a NiCd. We've been
<BR>"burned" too many times before.
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<BR>>moreover, the battery looks (visually) completely as new,
<BR>>no leakage has been seen on it. The dirt was not very close to the battery
<BR>>but about 1.5cm
<BR>>far from it ...
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<BR>That's good, but you have no way of knowing for sure how old the battery
<BR>is. If it's the original battery it's not a question of if it will fail but
<BR>when. I don't want to scare you but like I said, I've seen what can happen.
<BR>This isn't a bad synth--a friend of mine has a similar model. Hate to see
<BR>anything happen to it. While you've got it torn apart is a good time to do
<BR>something about it. The modification required is minimal, but you'd have to
<BR>ask somebody else. I seem to recall a discussion about the merits of
<BR>various types of diodes the last time this came up.
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<BR>This is why you don't see NiCd's being used for memory backup anymore. A
<BR>lithium battery will last 5-10 years and then die without harming anything.
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<BR>Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
<BR>"The Mac Doctor"</PRE></DIV>
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