Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Hi,
I'm also new here - so Hello Everybody!

I've been overseas - away from my Poly for almost 2 years...
I went to a lot of trouble when storing it - wrapped in plastic with moisture absorber sachets then lots of foam, bubble wrap and cardboard box.
Before I left I was going to take the battery out but was told on Gearslutz that it wasn't necessary as my Poly had already got the Orange safe Varta battery installed.

I've now returned and my Poly doesn't seem to respond to any knob movements and button presses - sometimes patch lights change by themselves - I read this is a symptom of battery leak.
Even before I left I vaguely remember having similar issues, but it would fix itself after a while. So there is a chance that the leak was there and the previous owner just replaced the battery without cleaning before selling to me.

1. Does this sound like battery leak?
2. Can the orange (is it Ni-Cad?) battery also leak?
3. Or could it be from an initial leak and has deteriated more while in storage.

I have some photos but can't see how to post in this message - I'll try and put them in the photo section under "Battery Corrosion?"

Thanks in advance for any help.
Vic