Re: Seeking K5 part

If the motherboard is good, just another battery to wire in that is 3V, Velcro it in if you have to, make sure nothing can short and make it work.  See this web site (about a quarter of the way down) for more battery info.  Even a small leaded 3V lithium battery should work if you can not find the exact replacement.

http://www.kfuenf.org/en/k5_hackpage.html

Here is the battery spec:
http://www.interstatebatteries.com/Batteries/Products/Product_LIT2330.htm

jameco.com has some battery holders.

Good luck.  Be sure you back up any data before you remove the battery (if you haven't already). All my information is based on data I have read and not an actual viewing of the battery and board.  Correct me if I am wrong.

Bob
Corona/Riverside, CA



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Antoine Deschênes 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:50 AM
  Subject: Re: [k5synth] Seeking K5 part


  Are you trying to talk about the plates sticked to the
  battery, that comes off WITH the battery(It's making
  part of it, you didn't scraped the board, just
  destroyed the old battery)?

  Now, if it's what I think, use your soldering iron and
  remove the remaining pins in the holes(Remove the
  board first) and insert the wires getting out of the
  new battery in the holes(Any between both on the side
  that there are two), new same type battery is not a
  custom made one like the old one.

  Anyways, there is a really low number of K5 produced,
  so someone will even take the pain to hard wire a
  board if it breaks.

  --- Robert Hill <writer245-/[email protected]> a écrit : 
  > 
  > 
  > Greetings, 
  > 
  > I have an ailing K5, and I'm hoping that someone has
  > a spare circuit 
  > board from a scrapped K5 that they are willing to
  > sell. 
  > 
  > There is a certain circuit board inside the K5 that
  > holds the backup 
  > battery.  This is the battery that retains all of
  > the K5's patch 
  > info.  A few years ago, I tried to replace this
  > battery.  During the 
  > attempt, the prongs that clip to and hold the
  > battery in place broke 
  > off.  Subsequent attempts to re-solder a replacement
  > battery have 
  > proven unsuccessful. 
  > 
  > Is there anyone out there who has a partial or
  > broken K5 that 
  > they're willing to cannibalize so that I can get my
  > K5 working 
  > again?  My K5 is in perfect condition otherwise,
  > except that I need 
  > to reload all of its original data. 
  > 
  > Hopeful in NYC, USA, 
  > 
  > Robert H. 
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