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Varta's out. Now what?

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Reply 20 of 24, by britain4

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With a 1N4002 in series I get about 4V to the board from 3 AAAs

- 486DX2-66, SoundBlaster 16, Crystal VLB graphics
- P-MMX 200MHZ, PCChips M598LMR, Voodoo 1, AD1816
- PIII 933MHz, MSI MS6119, Voodoo3 3000, SB Live!
- PIII 1400MHz, ECS P6IPAT, Voodoo5 5500, SB Audigy

Reply 21 of 24, by Badscrew

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Close enough!

Reply 22 of 24, by britain4

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Indeed, works a treat so far!

- 486DX2-66, SoundBlaster 16, Crystal VLB graphics
- P-MMX 200MHZ, PCChips M598LMR, Voodoo 1, AD1816
- PIII 933MHz, MSI MS6119, Voodoo3 3000, SB Live!
- PIII 1400MHz, ECS P6IPAT, Voodoo5 5500, SB Audigy

Reply 23 of 24, by douglar

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I recently acquired a board and the seller had replaced the Varta battery with .... another NI Cd battery! It's not a Varta though.

Will it likely leak?

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Reply 24 of 24, by Trashbytes

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douglar wrote on 2024-04-05, 01:54:

I recently acquired a board and the seller had replaced the Varta battery with .... another NI Cd battery! It's not a Varta though.

Will it likely leak?

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perhaps in 20 years it might, but if its a good quality one that is actually new then ..that might be 30 years or never.