Fairlight-CMI

Hi Glenn,

I think you got lucky in one way that you smelled the onset of bursting..
I figure you desoldered them already ? I have a damaged card that was
eaten away partially by that stuff. The battery disintegrated and came
loose from the contacts. I should upload a picture to scare y'all :-)

I did not install a new battery, I can type the date and time when I boot
up, no worries there. A small effort to save my Q133 from digestion.

Best regards,
Harald.

> entire apartment/fairlight nest was filled, as i slept and was awakened to
> nausea, with the most noxious, toxic and disgusting odor imaginable -
> something like rotten eggs only worse.

> and III). No leaking there luckily, but man it stank!  It turns out when
> they go bad they can "breath" this gas out and seeing as how the Tadiran
> 1/6th D cell 3.6 volt TL 5135/P's (digikey.com and lots of places sell
> them) are all getting on in years (they're only supposed to last 10)


>  how to solder/desolder and don't the the battery get too hot or anywhere
> near water or moisture and dispose of properly) so they don't have to go
> through the stinky-room effect:) Seriously, you can change it after but
> why not pre-emptively change it first?
>
>   Best regards,
>   glenn