> > I recently had the same trouble with my SGC/Aurora rig. The battery was > indeed dead. I was not able to find a source for an exact replacement, > it seems that battery has been discontinued. > > My solution was to take the electrical specs of the original battery > type, voltage and maH and I found a close equivalent in a more modern > and readily obtainable type. This was a coin type cell used in many > PC's. I then obtained a coin cell holder and soldered it's leads to the > original battery's contacts on the SGC after carefully verifying the > polarity. The new holder and battery sits up higher than the original > and this would not work in an original QL case but in my situation the > system is in a PC case and there were no clearance problems. > > It's certainly not the prettiest solution but it does work. The battery > I used is a CR2032. My system can and does sit powered off for days and > even weeks at a time and keeps time and starts by itself after power on. > > I can take a picture if you want and email it to you. Again, it is not > pretty but is functional. >
I forgot to add to my post above: The battery (on mine at least) is the red plastic square about an inch or so sqaure. Mine was a SafT brand and had the voltage and polarity labeled on the top. It is removed by gently prying it up out of the socket pins, 1 at each corner. John _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
