Laptop? (was Re: SAT for JP ?)

[Lee Sankey]

James,

You have a couple of options for a low battery in the SAT. One is that you can keep the charge maintained by
keeping it plugged into the cig. lighter socket in your vehicle. I believe Inventronics has the adapter cord
available or you can make your own. Radio Shack has one available but I believe that you must change the
polarity. Some of their adapters have the provision for this. If you can't find one cut the wire and solder
the positive to the negative and vice-versa.

Also I have made and auxilary battery pack that I velco on the back of the SAT case. It will not only allow
you to finish your tuning(s) but it will also completely recharge the SAT internal battery. I done this 3
times on a single charge of the aux battery. The aux battery is small but it is capable of operating the SAT
for several day









James Grebe wrote:
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> From: Keith A. McGavern <kam544@ionet.net>
> To: pianotech@byu.edu
> Subject: Re: Laptop? (was Re: SAT for JP ?)
> Date: Wednesday, May 14, 1997 10:14 PM
>
> >        I whole heartedly agree! What do the E.T. users (of which I am a
> recent
> >inductee) do when the battery dies? Do you call off the rest of the day
> >untill it can be
> >recharged?
>
> I hadn't thought of that.  Good idea, but alas, no is the actual answer.
> With the Sanderson Accu-Tuner (SAT) there is a plug-in transformer if such
> an event should occur during a tuning.
>
> >...and If you drop it and must send it off for repair do you go on
> >vacation untill you
> >can get it back?
>
> Once again, yes.  I mean, no to the vacation, and yes to have it repaired,
> if in the fall it no longer performs as designed.
>
> >Do you buy 2 of them and keep the 2nd as a spare?
>
> Yes.  In my inventory of tools, a spare SAT is reality.
> (Just a side note: I even have a spare automobile in case my main one
> breaks down.)
>
> >If these all seem
> >rediculous to those of you reading then I presume that you must agree.
>
> None of these seem, uh, rediculous, so I fall into the category of those
> who do not agree.
>
> >You must be
> >able to do without whether or not you choose to.
>
> I choose *not* to do without.
>
> >My two cents ;>)
> >
> >Greg Newell
>
> Your two cents and my two cents add up to four cents    ;-)
>
> Your 4 cents add up to good sense.
> James Grebe
>
> Keith A. McGavern
> kam544@ionet.net
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> Oklahoma Baptist University
> Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
>
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