at the price of batteries at the supermarket, one of those @ $4.48 would be cheaper too!
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:28:17 +1200 Mike Pearce wrote: > > SICOM has replacement batteries. > > BGP60K - 3.6V NI-MH MEMORY BACKUP PCB MNT > > http://www.sicom.co.nz/nickel-metal-hydride-xidg6700.html > > Using non-rechargables is not advised at the charge circuit > can cause your batteries to cook and leak or worts case > explode. > > You can add a diode in the lead from your battery back to > stop this happening. > > Mike > > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:09, Don Gould wrote: > > The CMOS bat on an old compaq machine has died. It's > > 3.6v > > > > I'm replacing it with AA bats... 2 won't be enough --> 3v > > > > 3 * 1.5v = 4.5v. Will that upset the mbd? > > > > If I use 3 AA bats in series it will give me 4.5v. Does > > anyone know if this will cause an issue? > > > > Cheers Don -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
