"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
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In article ,
Bob Parker wrote:
Hi again Jim,
You've had that meter for a long time now!
Yeh, when we decided to do a minor upgrade of the meter, we
thought that the battery needed to be looked at. Not so much because
of operating life, but because so many people either didn't like or
couldn't understand the idea of holding the 9V battery in place with
a piece of foam plastic between it and the bottom of the circuit
board. It's worked perfectly for me since 1995.

I was thinking about kludging up some sort of 9V battery clip to glue to
the case bottom.
(say,if you ever get to Orlando,Florida,check out Skycraft Surplus;it's a
hobbyists wet dream.Oh,the Disney/Universal/SeaWorld attractions are
fun,too.)

I also wonder how one of the 9V lithium batteries would last comparable to
an ordinary 9V alkaline? It'd cost more,but longer life and less chance of
leakage might be beneficial.

The only practical alternative we could think of was to use 6 x
AAA
cells in holders stuck to the bottom of the plastic case. So the Mark
2 meter kit contains two AAA holders which have to be connected in
series.

I'd have preferred AA cells. They cost the same in the UK but last
twice as long. They're also easier to get.

SIX AA's mean you'd need a bigger case.

In the case of the DSE ESR meter,battery life with AAA's(vs AA's) is not
going to matter much;the cells will probably LEAK first.


The other alternative would have been a case mounted PP3 battery
holder so you could quickly change the battery.

However, thanks for the kit. It's super.


Agreed!

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net