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Hi, all:

My Simmons Portakit recently started to lose its settings memory, so I thought that maybe an internal battery was going bad. Sure enough, there was some minor corrosion going on around the battery. The question is, does anyone here know of a suitable replacement for this battery? A web search doesn't turn up much information. The battery has a white plastic cap on it, with the words "Emmerich" and NC-M110, which are presumably the manufacturer and battery part number.

Thanks,
Jim Stewart

Jim,
I don't know about this one....I'll ask my tech.
Did you save your programs ???

Derrick

On 3/26/09, jimstew37 <jimstew37@...> wrote:
> Hi, all:
>
> My Simmons Portakit recently started to lose its settings memory, so I
> thought that maybe an internal battery was going bad. Sure enough, there was
> some minor corrosion going on around the battery. The question is, does
> anyone here know of a suitable replacement for this battery? A web search
> doesn't turn up much information. The battery has a white plastic cap on it,
> with the words "Emmerich" and NC-M110, which are presumably the manufacturer
> and battery part number.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Stewart
>
>

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Incidentially,

Does anyone have the left, right,back,front demminsions for sillicon
mallet playing deck/surface?
I need to order a case and the unti has already left my possesion....I
know, I'm a bad speller!!!!
Derrick

On 3/26/09, derrick simpson <atmospherics4@...> wrote:
> Jim,
> I don't know about this one....I'll ask my tech.
> Did you save your programs ???
>
> Derrick
>
> On 3/26/09, jimstew37 <jimstew37@...> wrote:
>> Hi, all:
>>
>> My Simmons Portakit recently started to lose its settings memory, so I
>> thought that maybe an internal battery was going bad. Sure enough, there
>> was
>> some minor corrosion going on around the battery. The question is, does
>> anyone here know of a suitable replacement for this battery? A web search
>> doesn't turn up much information. The battery has a white plastic cap on
>> it,
>> with the words "Emmerich" and NC-M110, which are presumably the
>> manufacturer
>> and battery part number.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jim Stewart
>>
>>
>
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> Sent from my mobile device
>

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Hi Jim:

From past experience with my SPM, you won't be able to find the exact battery.  You just need to find one with the same voltage specs.  Just clean all the crud off, and the specs should be visible on the battery.  The casing will probably be totally different, so you'll have to find a new way to mount it.  For instance on my SPM, the battery I ordered was almost like a AA battery.  I then soldered a wire over to my new mount location, the chassis wall.  

Good luck.

John
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "jimstew37" <jimstew37@...> wrote:

>
> Hi, all:
> 
> My Simmons Portakit recently started to lose its settings memory, so I thought that maybe an internal battery was going bad. Sure enough, there was some minor corrosion going on around the battery. The question is, does anyone here know of a suitable replacement for this battery? A web search doesn't turn up much information. The battery has a white plastic cap on it, with the words "Emmerich" and NC-M110, which are presumably the manufacturer and battery part number.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim Stewart
>

Thanks. I didn't really expect to find an exact replacement, since it's so old, and NiCd batteries aren't as common these days. But the terminals are kind of strange: two positive and one negative. Is that type of battery used in a lot of Simmons gear, like the SPM? I haven't opened up any of my other programmable Simmons stuff, so I don't know.

Thanks,
Jim

--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "shuttlejohn1" <jhubbell@...> wrote:

>
> Hi Jim:
> 
> From past experience with my SPM, you won't be able to find the exact battery.  You just need to find one with the same voltage specs.  Just clean all the crud off, and the specs should be visible on the battery.  The casing will probably be totally different, so you'll have to find a new way to mount it.  For instance on my SPM, the battery I ordered was almost like a AA battery.  I then soldered a wire over to my new mount location, the chassis wall.  
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> John