Vintage Synth Repair

The battery acid will leak on your pc board and eat up the copper traces. But that is the easy part. When it chews through the thru vias that can get ugly. I speak from experience.
Frank

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  From: Alan Probandt 
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  Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:21 AM
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        Could you please describe (both for me and for all the people in the future who will be reading this sequence of postings) exactly what kind of damage that an old memory battery does to vintage synthesizers?  Thank you.

        --- On Wed, 3/3/10, Keith Niver <kaniver@mhcable.com> wrote:


          From: Keith Niver <kaniver@...>
          Subject: RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Pay me now or.....
          To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
          Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 4:07 AM





          To add to what Scott said about replacing your battery, always do a back-up of your favorite sounds. If your battery dies, they may be lost as well. If you can’t find a tech near you, go to www.mitatechs.org and search for a tech near you.



          Keith A Niver

          Certified tech in upstate New York



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          From: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott
          Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 8:39 AM
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          One of the biggest problems I've come across in servicing/repairing
          vintage gear is : Memory Battery leakage.

          If your Memory Battery hasnt been changed in a number of year PLEASE get it done or it may ruin you synth for good

          You can send it to me for $100's of dollars of repairs OR change the battery

          Scott in Vermont