RE: [OT] Battery Life / Clock

["Marcus Warrington marcus.warrington@xxxxxxxxxx [ukha_d]" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could it be something really daft like the battery compartment is made
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omething that is conducting the two test points on the battery and so
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=80=99s not delivering the correct voltage? I=E2=80=99m not sure how those
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integrated testers work but I guess they must put some form of load onto
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e battery in order to work? Try making sure the battery is inserted so you
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can see the integrated tester to verify that its not activated.=0D
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Marcus=0D
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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=0D
Sent: 09 October 2014 11:17=0D
To: Ukha_D@xxxxxxx=0D
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Battery Life / Clock=0D
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No HA related, but I know there's a wealth of technical knowledge here!=0D
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My parents have a simple silver anniversary clock (the type with a glass
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me over it and it has the rotating balls at the bottom - this sort of
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[Image result for silver anniversary clock] )=0D
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This has been fine for best part of 25 years, however, Dad changed the
batt=
ery (as he's done every few years with no problem), it was a brand new
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cell which has the new integral tester which tests OK and the clock
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run. He took a used battery out of the remote control and the clock works.=
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Any reason why the clock doesn't work with new batteries, but will work
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h used batteries?=0D
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Posted by: Marcus Warrington <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxx>
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