Dallas module battery replacement...

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Thu Mar 8 17:48:53 2001

>Most of the time, all that's wrong with these is the lithium battery.
The
>package is actually a standard DIP IC package with some more epoxy on
top
>containing the batteries and the crystal (if appropriate).
>
>I've not tried it myself, but I am told you can cut away the top part of
>the device using (e.g.) a Dremel tool, remove the old batteries and put
a
>couple of cheap lithium cells in.


I've done it on dallas chips. I walk them to the machine shop and sand
off the
plastic slowly till I hit metal (battery). You can use a magnet to
locate the
battery.

Allison
Received on Thu Mar 08 2001 - 17:48:53 GMT