Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Yes, you need to completely remove the motherboard to be able to desolder 
the battery.

WT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Frost" <airflamesred@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] MTM battery


> Well the thing is/was that there was nothing to de solder so  this has all 
> gone wrong. I'm gonna have to remove the board to get at things I guess.
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> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
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>> Leakage is always serious since it won't stop tearing at the PCB. The
>> acids are still there you know... Clean it - a lot!
>> You need to desolder the entire battery pack. Don't cut the plastic tube.
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>> electronically yours, jesper
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>> Mark Frost skrev 2011-12-08 20:44:
>> > Well that sounds like my kind of solution Gordon. There are signs of
>> > leakage from the battery but its not serious. I have so far lifted off
>> > the cover cap, but I can't seem to see how to get the battery out. It 
>> > is
>> > shrouded in a plastic tube. Any help would be apreciated.
>> > On the backlit display issue I think I have found
>> > http://www.maplin.co.uk/supertwist-alphanumeric-lcd-modules-36389
>> > something that seems to fit the bill. Will I need to cut the ribbon
>> > cable and re-solder?
>> > thanks in advance.
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