Rich, Great idea -- I should have thought of that because my Hiking GPS meter uses ribbons under the batteries.
phil On Jan 19, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > A short piece of ribbon under/around one battery makes it easy to remove the > first battery in the set. > > Rich > NU6T > > On 1/19/2013 11:12 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: >> I use a not very sharp small flat bladed screwdriver and lightly pry on the >> plus side of the battery against the battery holder side (lever it up). The >> plus side comes up fairly easily and I can remove the battery. >> >> Chuck, KE9UW >> Lionel Trains, TCA, LCCA, LRRC >> aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles BMWMOA #224 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on >> behalf of Phil Hystad [[email protected]] >> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 12:42 PM >> To: [email protected] List >> Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Battery Holder and Batter Removal >> >> So, I saw that KX3 Kit Builder Alert posted yesterday. Even though I was >> confident that I did not use the wrong length of screws on the battery >> holder I decided to check anyway. >> >> I had a real heck of a time removing the batteries. I mean, really! I am >> worried that if I go through this again I could easily damage the insulated >> casing of the battery. >> >> Does anyone have a suggestion to making this task easier. Do you use a tool >> that will not damage, if so, what is it? >> >> Thanks, >> >> 73, phil, K7PEH >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
