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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Digest Number 641

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...>
Date: 2006-05-06

Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Message 1
> From: "evening_soundgate" evening@...
> Date: Fri May 5, 2006 7:52am(PDT)
> Subject: SDS7 battery replacement
>
> Does anyone know what the battery voltage is in an SDS7?
> I need to replace mine and i can't seem to find any indication of the
> voltage.

On mine it was a 4.8v lithium (or thereabouts). I used 3 AA batteries
soldered together and taped onto the inside of the case, in
time-honoured fashion. You'll find a similar arrangement inside my
ESQ-1, JX-8P, Polysix, various Suns and Mac G3 (and probably others).

Gordon.