Ha! I am in Christchurch Gary! Crazy! Have ordered the replacement batteries - maybe touch base when they arrive?
If you could help that would be brilliant On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 5:14 PM Gary Hammond <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are in or near Christchurch, I can do it for you. > > On 18 September 2018 4:03:29 PM Daryn Hanright <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>>>>> <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jameco.com%2Fz%2FNHB60H3A2H-Evergreen-Battery-Nimh-3-6Volt80Mah-2-Pins-Std-14-16Hrs-8Ma-6Hrs-16Ma_2137473.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C10a6b52f9d254285a15a08d61d1bb0de%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636728402093518958&sdata=djTHDSDAlCj3OjI9RwvCtTyMTwccbi1HHMKA8Fx7kT4%3D&reserved=0> >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>> >
