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Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Re: memory backup battery mod

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...>
Date: 2012-11-15

On 15/11/12 19:00, AARON wrote:
>
>
> But isn't that the type of battery that leaked all over my Poly-61 PCB
> and made it stop working? :)

They're NiCads, and very different construction.

> Besides, don't you need a charging circuit for that to work? Does the
> Poly 800 have such a circuit?

That's what the resistor and diode you remove are. It's a crap charging
circuit, but it pretty much works.

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Gordonjcp