But... The people at Quint were so nice I can't tell you what they did or I'd put them out of business. Safe to say, they have every intention of standing behind their sale.
--- In GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com, Harvey White <madyn@...> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 09:18:07 -0600, you wrote:
>
> >I have the same problem with batteries dying - I have taken to removing them
> >after use. I also found that the batteries that supposedly died still
> >worked when I put them back into the units. I have not tried any other
> >batteries except the ones that came with the units. Perhaps the original
> >equipment batteries are poor quality. The units still use some current when
> >shut off otherwise the axis settings would be lost when you shut down the
> >machine when the wife calls you for dinner.
> >
> >
> >
> >I have considered modifying the units to be run off of a wall wart but have
> >not had the courage to take a soldering iron to the units. I assume that a 6
> >volt transformer would do the trick. Anyone tried this?
>
>
> A 6 volt transformer is AC, not DC, and 4 times the battery voltage
> needed (at least).
>
> You want a regulated 1.5 volt supply which may be made from an LM317,
> two resistors, and a bulk DC supply, where a 6 volt DC supply ought to
> be fine.
>
> Harvey
>
> >
> >
> >
> >AJ
>
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