| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
| Total number of notes: | 10312 |
I've got a clock card that has one of those long-life coin-like
batteries. The battery is dead. I can easily get a replacement
battery but not with the legs for soldering directly into the board.
Apparently, the batteries were modified for the purpose. I have
tried and failed to get a battery holder locally.
Can I use two 1.5V AA batteries is place of the coin-like battery
which is rated at 3V? Will the 'heftier' batteries provide too
much amps to the chips? For completeness, the existing battery is
CR2032 which is available at Radio Shack and is about the size of
a quarter.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 366.1 | Its the volts that matter | MINDER::GILBERT | North UK Region Appl'n Centre @MCO | Fri Jan 06 1989 06:54 | 11 |
You should be OK with AA batteries. Its the volts - that matter
provided the batteries have enough oomph, the amps take care of
themselves.
Suggest you ensure the cells are guaranteed leak-proof, the effluent
from dead ones would make a real mess. Alkaline cells have good
characteristics - leakproof and low voltage degradation during normal
working life.
Rgds.
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| 366.2 | battery holder source | LEVERS::LANDRY | Wed Feb 01 1989 15:58 | 12 | |
Many coin type battery holders and bateries with pins are available from Digi-Key: Digi-Key 701 Brooks Ave. South PO Box 677 Thief River Falls MN 56701 1-800-344-4539 chris | |||||