[TechAssist] Re: Dick Smith ESR meter battery life: false "low batt"?
- From: <damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 07:55:56 -0500
Yeah, my imagination took off with it too....that Flip Switch idea is good,
but the switch itself would take up about 60-70% of the "real estate" on the
Smith.....
You'd have to mount that switch in a box with handles.....then design the
Dick to be an "insertable black box" unit....that kills the whole idea......
Maybe just install a slide switch that you press down to unlock and
slide.....along with the original switch?? Maybe on the side of the meter.
Damon Brunger
Telrad Electronics
Fort Wayne IN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Gaidies" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 9:22 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Dick Smith ESR meter battery life: false "low
batt"?
> Ken;
> Sort of like the "Launch Sequence"...only time you get to use the Dick
> Smith...2 Keys..2 Technicians...Out of Physical reach of each other.;-)
> I kill me..hehe.
>
> -Ed-
> Ed Gaidies
> Tel-Tek Electronics
> Ontario-Canada
> teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> teltek@xxxxxxxxx
>
> On 12-Feb-05, at 8:58 PM, gulftech@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > I believe I would install a covered (flip-up) momentary contact switch
> > if
> > I were to carry the Dick Smith in a toolbox. Used them in the military
> > quite a bit. May be hard to find, but probably available from someone
> > like DigiKey. A cheap (and less effective) alternative would be to
> > add a
> > second switch in series with the power switch, so that both must be
> > pressed to operate.
> >
> > MTCW,
> >
> >
> > Ken Smith
> > Gulf Technical Services
> > 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway
> > Gulf Breeze, FL 32563
> > 850-934-8324 (Voice), 850-932-0819 (fax)
> >
> > On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:47:01 -0500 "John @ Myers TV"
> > <myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >> I kiled the first battery in about a week.
> >> The power switch was triggering in my tool bag. I since pulled the
> >> button
> >> out of the switch, and carry it seperately. Not perfect, but it
> >> works.
> >> Anyone have a better idea?
> >>
> >> John Myers
> >> Myers TV Service Company
> >> 376 E. State St.
> >> Alliance, OH 44601
> >>
> >> phone: (voice & Fax) 330-821-6545
> >> myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> www.myerstv.net
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> >> From: "STERLING PASHER" <spasher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 1:38 PM
> >> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Dick Smith ESR meter battery life: false
> >> "low
> >> batt"?
> >>
> >>
> >>> Phil: have had mine for about 2 years and have only changed the
> >> battery
> >>> twice and I use it all the time.. So you must have something
> >> wrong.
> >>>
> >>> Buck Pasher
> >>> Buck's TV
> >>> Gander Newfoundland
> >>> Canada
> >>> 709-256-7738 (Fax & Phone)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> From: "Phil Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 11:27 AM
> >>> Subject: [TechAssist] Dick Smith ESR meter battery life: false
> >> "low batt"?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I love my Dick Smith, but one thing about battery life:
> >>>> First, to "zero" the meter, you need to turn it on,short the
> >> leads
> >>>> together, and push power button. If the battery is low, this is
> >> when the
> >>>> meter shuts off instead of zeroing.But when I remove the old 9V
> >> battery
> >>>> they always test good on my bat meter.I'm guessing the ckt that
> >> senses
> >>>> the bat condition may be too sensitive. Anyone find this, and
> >> whats the
> >>>> solution? I'm tired of changing 9V cells when they're only down
> >> a few
> >>>> percent.
> >>>> Phil Bader
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> Philip Bader
> >>>> Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
> >>>> 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
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