[Milsurplus] Re: 417 Battery

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Heck, there's always electrical tape to build
the 411 up to size to fit snugly.  Both the
411 and 504 show to be rectangular.  I
don't know the contact arrangement,
though.

Mac, K2GKK/5

p.s.  I'm glad my Triplett here at work
uses a D cell and a standard 9V battery!



----Original Message Follows----
From: WA5CAB at cs.com
To: jfor at quik.com
CC: k2gkk at hotmail.com, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: 417 Battery
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:57:12 EDT

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.

In a message dated 10/5/2005 10:46:51 AM Central Daylight Time, 
jfor at quik.com
writes:
 > If the battery is discontinued, you might be able to make a replacement 
as
 > follows:
 >
 > Home Depot (and others) sell small, cylindrical batteries, typically 9, 
12,
 > 15,
 > or 22 volts that are made up of little button cells, used for remote
 > controls
 > etc.. If you remove the jacket, the cells are loose. Stack up as many as 
you
 > need
 > in a piece of HS tubing and you have a battery of an desired voltage.

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