[Milsurplus] Re: 417 Battery

[J. Forster]

Really??  The cells I'm talking about are under 3/8" diameter and about 1/8"
thick, so a 15 volt unit would be 3/8" diameter by <1.25"  long,

-John


WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> John,
>
> The problem isn't the voltage but the physical size.  To put a round battery
> or two 9-volt ones into the meter will require some machining on either the
> case or the front panel.  The 417 was a flat battery with contacts on each
> end.  The still available 411 looks just like the 417 but is slightly smaller
> in all three dimensions, and the 509 I think it was is smaller still.  One
> list member wrote that he thought Simpson had made (and may still sell) an
> adaptor to take one of the smaller batteries.  I'm waiting to hear back from
> him on that question.
>