Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Thanks for your help with this!  I've never been inside the unit 
before and I don't want to mess it up worse than it already is.  
Please bear with me.  

First of all, is the Ni-Cad battery that thing mounted on the PCB 
surrounded by a white plastic sheath with a white cap? Is this model 
battery still available in stores after 20 years?  What is the 
easiest way to get the thing off and replace it?

Thanks again for your help.

Jeff


--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, sovereigng@a... wrote:
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> The first thing I look @ is the output jack  on the pads. They 
might be 
> dirty. Use some contact cleaner like DeOxit or Blue  Shower w/ a 
cottom swap to 
> clean them. Double triggering sometimes indicates  that something 
is loose. Open 
> your pads and check their piezo disc. It might not  be glued in 
place anymore. 
> You may even have a detached wire that is just  resting where it 
was once 
> soldered. When you strike a pad in this condition the  wire jumps 
off the piezo 
> and triggers numerous times. The malfunction in the  brain is 
probably from a 
> faulty memory backup  battery. Ni-cad batteries usually last 15 
years. If  you 
> got 20, consider yourself lucky. But beware. Cycling power through 
a worn  PCB 
> mounted battery may cause it to explode and damage the board it's 
soldered  
> to. This is something I learned the hard way w/ an SDS-7. As for 
your shells, 
> it  sounds like you have some worn or broken plastic. Shells appear 
on Ebay US 
> from  time to time. Senso may have a few in stock. He's a member of 
this 
> groups so  contact him or check the links for his URL.
> 
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