From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 12:37:53 PDT
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 02:57:24PM -0400, Dan wrote:
>
> > By all the sled modification pages I see online no one has by my
> > recoleection shown an installation of a switch though I recall it was
> > suggested some where that it could be done. Isn't it the (2) contacts
> > on the bottom of the rechg packs that tell the newt it has rechg vs
> > alkalines installed? Am I mistaken?
>
> You are right, it is the two contacts on the bottom. But if you don't
> want to bother with a switch, you could just put a piece of electric
> tape over the contacts which will do the same thing. Not as elegant,
> but functional (and no one is going to see it anyway).
Oooh... close tolerances in the battery bay. I wouldn't want that tape
to catch a corner and decide it wants to be a small sticky black plastic
log, jamming the sled in the bay.
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