Hi Matt.

15-Nov-03 01:28:16, Matt Mc_Carthy wrote to Roy J. Tellason

 RJT>> Checked the battery,  it's a common coin cell,  CR2032,  and
 RJT>> measures 0.5v! Never saw one get that low...  Pulled one off
 RJT>> another board that was laying around here that I can't use for
 RJT>> other reasons (keyboard connector's in a strange place),  and
 RJT>> checked that -- 2.8v -- but it gives me the same result.

 MM> That 2.8V on the Lithium batteries is just as good as the .5V,
 MM> means _dead_ to get anything less than 3.0V.  That 2.8V reading
 MM> comes from stray bits of materials within the cell, there's _no_
 MM> current associated with the voltage reading
 MM> .........................

typically a moving coil voltmeter puts a stronger draw on the battery than
does the cmos. but yeah ISTR them being fussy about getting 3.0
motorola seems to think theirs need atleast 3V to function but notes they
can keep the time with only 2.2

 -=> Bye <=-

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