Cheers guys - I might see if I can find someone who can do this for me. Don't wanna risk ruining it.
cheers Daryn On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:01 PM Daryn Hanright <[email protected]> wrote: > Ha! Is New Zealand considered far away! :) > > Ideally given how hard it is to replace one all the way out here, & given > risks of me stuffing it up, I might try & get someone todo it for me. A new > Tandy 102 is invariably double the ebay cost with shipping out here. > > cheers > Daryn > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 8:41 AM Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Need to make sure you have a powerful-enough iron as there's a fair >> amount of heat sink there. >> >> I doubt you would *completely* destroy the machine, but you could damage >> the battery connections. Where are you located? Are you looking for someone >> to do the job or wanting to tackle it yourself? >> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 01:05 Gregory McGill <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> It's more the de-soldering that's the tricky part.. soldering the new >>> one in is pretty simple.. >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 9:40 PM Daryn Hanright <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey gang >>>> >>>> My Tandy 102's NiCad finally looks like its giving up the ghost, so >>>> have ordered this: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.jameco.com/z/NHB60H3A2H-Evergreen-Battery-Nimh-3-6Volt80Mah-2-Pins-Std-14-16Hrs-8Ma-6Hrs-16Ma_2137473.html >>>> >>>> In terms of difficulty replacing the NiCad given I have negligible >>>> soldering skills...how hard? Is it possible I could completely destroy the >>>> machine? >>>> >>>> cheers >>>> Daryn >>>> >>>
