[Premium-Rx] HP 3586c battery ?

[mikea]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 03:03:42PM -0500, Henry Kolesnik wrote:
> Please excuse the  intrusion, but I need some help. Near the end of June someone was kind enough to send instructions on how to get to the battery in a 3586C. I was going to see how the battery was in this unit however I lost both the email and what I printed out.  That's what happens when a retired guy goes on vacation.  I didn't see it in the archives so I wonder if someone can send me another copy.  I got a manual but it's a generic operator's manual for the whole series 3586A/B/C which I don't like  very much.
> tnx
> 
> 73
> Hank WD5JFR

I think this is what you want: 

: Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:21:38 -0800
: From: "Jeff Anderson" <jcanderson at ieee.org>
: Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] OT: HP3586B questions!
: To: <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
: X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
: 
: In my opinion, the 3586B is a very useful piece of equipment that I often
: use when testing SSB transmitters - it makes a great monitor for audio
: quality. I've got one on the bench and three "spares" in the closet.
: 
: The first thing one should do when purchasing one of these units is to
: remove the top cover, remove the board with the NICAD battery, and REMOVE
: THE BATTERY. The three spare units I have I bought incredibly inexpensively
: because were all literally "smoked." Their batteries had leaked and
: destroyed either part of the board they were mounted on or, even worse, the
: mother board below. A real pain to repair.

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin