<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Terry,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Have you had it apart?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Are the individual cells viewable?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It might just be one bad cell, that is sucking down all the rest. Individual cells should be available at Radio Shack, and could just be substituted. Don't use too big a soldering iron, and watch the polarity.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I should open mine up, and have a boo. The manual does say battery packs are available, and user replaceable.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Not like Dave, not to reply. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It would be interesting to know, how many people have replaced their battery packs.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 06, 2005 6:29 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Verituner Battery</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've done that a couple times and it keeps running down in just a few hours. I think the original pack is toast.   :-(</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But thanks for the thought!  :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Before doing major replacement like that, turn on the tuner and completely run the battery down. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Next fully charge the battery to give it a new memory.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think you will find that the batterys do not need replacement.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone replaced a Verituner Battery? It uses the following battery pack: Rechargeable Nickel metal Hydride (MiMH) battery pack: 10 x 1.2V cell NiMH pack series-configured 4000maH, 10K thermister, AMP connector #640250-3. Yikes, what a mouthful.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is that something I can buy at Radio Shack or some other electronics-type store?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any info would be appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've tried contacting Dave Carpenter, but haven't had any luck getting through yet.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>