[GrizHFMinimill] Re: igaging scale batteries keep dying

That's exactly what I was thinking this morning on the way in to work. Let's see if anyone else has tried it yet. Soldering to those battery tabs ontop of plastic might get messy.

--- In GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com, "A. J. Nagy" <ajxnagy@...> 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?
>
>
>
> AJ
>


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