[rescue] %(#*^#(% soldered-down batteries...

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Carl R. Friend wrote:
> 
> >    Does anyone here have any knowledge as to where a Tadrian TL-5186
> > battery can be had?
> 
> That sounds suspiciously like the battery that Macintoshes use (little
> purple barrel) for keeping the NVRAM NV.  If so, Rat Shack carries
> them.

I've been replacing the macintosh batteries with off the shelf CR2 batteries
which can be had cheaply from any camera store. The tadiran batteries are
shorter, but have a long "nose" which makes them the same length overall.

They are 3.6 volt lithium 1/2 AA size.

Hint. careful drop silver solder onto the battery and let it cool.
Make a loop of tinned wire and carefully heat the solder on the battery
stick the wire in and remove heat. YMMV.

Geoff.
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