george@racsys.UUCP (George Rachor) (08/20/90)
I have had a GE Homeminder for several years. Latley though we have had to reprogram the machine after power outages. I opened up the unit to search for a battery but was unsucessful. Anybody know how this unit keeps it's settings during periods of no power? Did I miss the battery? -- George Rachor Jr. Rachor Data Center, Beaverton, OR 97005 racsys!george@flight.hf.intel.com
bill@videovax.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden) (08/21/90)
In article <196@racsys.UUCP> george@racsys.UUCP (George Rachor) writes:
->I have had a GE Homeminder for several years. Latley though we have had
->to reprogram the machine after power outages. I opened up the unit to search
->for a battery but was unsucessful. Anybody know how this unit keeps it's
->settings during periods of no power? Did I miss the battery?
You might try looking for a big capacitor. This is what my VCR uses to keep
the clock running during a power failure.
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Bill McFadden Tektronix, Inc. P.O. Box 500 MS 58-639 Beaverton, OR 97077
bill@videovax.tv.tek.com, {hplabs,uw-beaver,decvax}!tektronix!videovax!bill
Phone: (503) 627-6920 "The biggest difference between developing a missle
component and a toy is the 'cost constraint.'" -- John Anderson, Engineer, TIcarney@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (08/21/90)
In article <196@racsys.UUCP>, george@racsys.UUCP (George Rachor) writes: > I have had a GE Homeminder for several years. Latley though we have had > to reprogram the machine after power outages. I opened up the unit to search > for a battery but was unsucessful. Anybody know how this unit keeps it's > settings during periods of no power? Did I miss the battery? > > -- > George Rachor Jr. > Rachor Data Center, Beaverton, OR 97005 > racsys!george@flight.hf.intel.com SOME (IF NOT ALL) HOMEMONDERS USED A NI-CAD PACK. IT WOULD LOOK LIKE A STACK OF WATCH TYPE CELLS SHRINK WRAPED (BLUE OR YELLOW) ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER IN DIAMETER AN INCH OR SO LONG. HOPE THIS HELPS MARK