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Betr: Re: [Simmons Drums] Battery Replacment

2006-08-21 by Berk Aarts

hai
sorry for the loss
is there anybody out who can help me, cause I lost the memory of my Korg
S3
is it possible to upload a kind of sysex from a correct working piece and
then dump it in the lost one??

greet BERK!
>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>From: hypnotistb@cs.com
>Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:14:55 EDT
>Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Battery Replacment
>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>Michael 
>I removed the battery by desoldering it.  It turned out to be two button
>
>batteries shrink wrapped and soldered together one on top of the other.

>I assume 
>the bottom flat part is the positive side and the bumpy other side is the
>
>negative.  (Let's hope so.  I've never seen ones quite like them - they
are
>from 
>Germany that is all I can read on them).  I am in the process of obtaining
>the 
>NiCd 3.6 V as you said.  However, I don't know the term you used in your
>last 
>E-mail  mignon.  The three battery replacment with large capacity sounds
>great 
>so I belive I would like to do that.
>
>Your information has been very helpful and I thank you very much.
>Barry
>
>PS as for the two battery trick from Berk !  Sounds like a good idea in
the
>
>future but there was nothing to save right now,  all has been lost already.
>
>
>
>In a message dated 8/20/2006 4:36:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>michael.buchner@... writes: 
>> Hi Barry,
>> The batteries or their cases in different aeras of SDS7 had many shapes.
>
>> Your round cylinder IS the battery itself, not a case. The shrink wrap
>is for 
>> preventing shortcuts.
>> You don't need to unwrap anything, desolder and remove it complete. 
>> Sometimes the battery is fixed to the board with doublesided tape or glue,
>so you 
>> might need some force. It doesn't matter if your new battery has another
>shape 
>> as the original, only voltage and polarity is important. I like to replace
>the 
>> batteries with 3 x 1.2V mignon size wired serial, because they are cheap
>and 
>> have a big capacity (if the owner wants to switch off his SDS7 for another
>
>> 20 years...).
>> So: Good luck!
>> Michael  
>
>
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