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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] MTM battery

From: "gordonjcp" <gordon@...>
Date: 2011-12-08

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "WT" <waveterm@...> wrote:
>
> My solution is to replace the old Nicad battery with a standard Lithium cell
> CR-2032.
>
> You will need to install one 1N4148 diode in series with the + side of the
> CR2032 to stop the charging voltage otherwise the CR2032 might explode!!!
>
> WT

Why not just replace the NiCad with a NiMH? It's a drop-in replacement and you won't have to worry about it for another 20 years...

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Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ