Dear Mark,
You wrote recently about troubles with your CMOS battery and that it
only measured 3.6V when you thought that it should have been 6V.
Proceed with caution here. There are some that run on 3.6V
batteries and also some that run on 3V. Is your battery marked 6V? Does
it have a part number?
Often, people replace a failed expensive lithium CMOS battery with a
string of 'AA' cells in a normal plastic multiple 'AA'-style holder. All
you have to do is to decide how many you need: 2, 3 or 4. In that way,
you don't end up paying through the nose to keep the CMOS alive. Since
CMOS technology only draws nanoamps when in standby, 'AA' cells will
work nicely. Usually, 'AA' cells in this sort of application fail
due to old age before their energy has been drained.
If you can report a battery part number, we may be able to decipher
the proper voltage for you.
Hope this helps!
Ron.
