15 Aug
2006
15 Aug
'06
10:14 a.m.
On Tuesday 15 August 2006 12:56 pm, Don wrote:
Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Darn near. I had to smack my old simpson 260 to get the highest ohms range to
work, and it turned out that one of the AA batteries in there had leaked,
which are only used on that range.
The bit of masking tape on the back showed them having been changed out in
1987. I'm not sure if they'd been changed in the interim or not...
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
On Monday 14 August 2006 11:50 pm, Don wrote:
I must have extraordinary luck (?) I just don't see this problem
here. :-( Perhaps you *literally* forgot about it "forever"? you could install a conventional AA, 9V, etc.
battery and forget
about it "forever"
Until the damn thing leaked, which has proven to be an issue with
several items of equipment here... :-(