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- From: claevius@bluestem.prairienet.org (Brent Busby)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A3k Battery Location?
- Date: 8 Mar 1996 18:38:02 GMT
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- Gene Heskett (gene_heskett@wvlink.mpl.com) wrote:
-
- : Check its voltage too, should be in the 3.6ish area. If 2.4ish or
- : 1.2ish, replace even if not leaking as it has a shorted cell or 2. I
- : found a somewhat wider but otherwise usable replacement at my local
- : electroncis supply store.
-
- The real question everybody wants to know is, how on earth do you get
- the darned thing *off*...??? Is there any alternative, short of using
- wire cutters to snip off the mounting claws away from the base and then
- soldering insulated wire leads to the stubs to connect to another
- battery holder located somewhere safer? Is there any easier way to
- get that battery out? How did you do it...?
-
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- Amiga /// | | "They had a glow-in-the-dark
- 040 /// | Brent Busby ("Sequencer") | Santa in their yard. Santa
- \\\/// | claevius@prairienet.org | isn't radioactive, is he?
- \XX/ | | Cool beans. Nuclear Santa."
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