31 May
2012
31 May
'12
11:15 p.m.
On 5/20/2012 11:00 PM, Jason T wrote:
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Josh
Dersch<derschjo at mail.msu.edu> wrote:
Thanks for the information and the suggestions. I was playing around
with it again last night and the fuse blew again. I can't find a
schematic or anything useful to aid in tracking down the fault, alas.
But, fortunately the place I purchased it from has kindly offered a
refund, and they have a couple other DecTalks in stock, so I'll be
sending it back for a replacement. Maybe I'll have better luck with
that one :).
Thanks again,
Josh
This unit has a rechargable ni-cad battery in it
(that I'm pretty sure no
longer holds a charge) and I'm curious whether a functioning battery is
required for normal operation.
I have an express also (definitely on-topic: old,
DEC, cool :) I
_think_ it should work off of the AC adapter, regardless of the
condition of the internal battery. In my case, the power connector
was damaged, so I wired in a 9v battery connector where the NiCd
connects. The DECTalk works fine off of the alkaline battery. It
should announce itself a couple seconds after turning it on with the
wheel-switch. I haven't used it any beyond testing, so I don't know
how much life you'll get running on a 9v but you may want to try that
configuration with yours just to see if the DECTalk is otherwise
working or not.