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Re: [Simmons Drums] Resurrect that SDS7

2008-01-07 by Robert

Oops- the one I ordered was nimh.  Canceling that
one...


--- WT <waveterm@...> wrote:

> The battery is a rechargable 3.6V nickel-cadmium
> cell.
> 
> Replace it with a battery of this type :
> 
>
http://www.elfa.se/elfa-bin/setpage.pl?http://www.elfa.se/elfa-bin/dyndok.pl?dok=4308.htm&lang=se
> 
> WT
> 
> http://medlem.spray.se/waveterm/LJLab2006/
>  
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Rob 
>   To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:08 AM
>   Subject: [Simmons Drums] Resurrect that SDS7
> 
> 
>   Ok, so I've plugged in that SDS7 I had since 1986,
> and it powers on etc but no sound comes 
>   out. I pulled all the modules and the card with
> the battery and it looks like this:
> 
>  
>
http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=210159546/PictureID=4404152712/a=720
>   87350_72087350/t_=72087350
> 
>  
>
http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=210159546/PictureID=4404152713/t_=72
>   087350/a=72087350_72087350
> 
>   Looks like some corrosion on the battery. So-
> Simmons made the battery permanent?
>   What is it?
> 
>   Thanks!
> 
>   -Rob
> 
> 
> 
>    
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> 
> 



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