I haven’t been too thrilled with NiMH battery longevity lately. I just replaced one in a cordless phone and a couple in my kids remote control cars that had stopped charging. They aren’t cheap and they don’t last forever. I would stick with a CR2032 in a coin cell socket.
Don B.
From:
korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Gordon JC Pearce
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012
5:06 PM
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [korgpolyex] Re:
memory backup battery mod
On
15/11/12 19:00, AARON wrote:
>
They're NiCads, and very different construction.
>
> But isn't that the type of battery that leaked all over my Poly-61 PCB
> and made it stop working? :)
> Besides, don't you need a charging circuit for that to work? Does the
That's what the resistor and diode you remove are. It's a crap charging
> Poly 800 have such a circuit?
circuit, but it pretty much works.
--
Gordonjcp