Renishaw replied that it used a 12 volt rechargeable but the probe became obsolete in the 90s. I have decided to assemble either a 10.8 or 14.4 battery out of rechargeable Lithium Button cells and see how that works.
On 10/1/16 1:58 PM, Florian Rist wrote: > Hi Hubert > >> Does anybody know what batteries a Renishaw MP3 IR probe with a round >> battery compartment uses. All the current literature shows a >> compartment with 2 9-volt batteries. > The OMP40 (and some other probes as well) uses two 1/2 AA 3.6V lithium > batteries. These batteries are about 25mm long, so two are only slightly > longer than a 9V block. The diameter of the 1/2 AAs is 14.5mm. Maybe the > MP3 also uses 1/2 AAs. > > See you > Florian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
