Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Yep.  They work, they're cheap, and they're easy to find when it comes time to replace them.  Besides, I'll probably be selling this machine anyway, so it isn't necessary for me to ensure that the battery lasts forever.

Aaron

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "backshall1" <backshall1@...> wrote:
>I would stick with a CR2032 in a coin cell socket.
> 
> Don B.
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> 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
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> On 15/11/12 19:00, AARON wrote:
> >
> >
> > But isn't that the type of battery that leaked all over my Poly-61 PCB
> > and made it stop working? :)
> 
> They're NiCads, and very different construction.
> 
> > Besides, don't you need a charging circuit for that to work? Does the
> > Poly 800 have such a circuit?
> 
> That's what the resistor and diode you remove are. It's a crap charging 
> circuit, but it pretty much works.
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> Gordonjcp
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