On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 at 16:18:18, Tony Firshman wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 at 11:12:56, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote:
>(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
>>On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:06:20 +0100, Tony Firshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> When inserting careful about polarity. SGC board does not mark +ve,
>>>and I have seen batteries inserted incorrectly. From memory, +ve is
>>>the pin nearest the centre of the board - hopefully someone will
>>>confirm this. I write '+' on the base of the pcb, as Mike Tomlinson
>>>should have done in copper! (as he did on GC).
>>
>>So since the batteries are the same (GC and SGC I mean) by seeing which
>>pin is the +ve on the GC then we can do the same on the SGC for the
>>appropriate orientation :-)
>Not sure what you mean. +ve is marked on the battery (of course) but
>there is no guarantee orientation is same between SGC and GC.
>I am still in US so cannot check.
Just found Bill Cable's GC.
It is _not_ the same as SGC. +ve is marked on the pcb nearest the
heatsink. On SGC the battery is near the QL connector and +ve is
towards the centre of the board.
Tony
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