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Old 17th Jun 2018, 7:27 pm   #14
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Default Re: Help with AVO 8 fault

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Originally Posted by avocollector View Post
I use a neat workaround of 5 x 2032 3v disc shaped batteries (they fit if you angle them) and a small spring to contact the other end plus a bit of foam to keep it in place. Seems to work quite well in the 8 Mk V although other models require different adaptations.
Thanks for the suggestion. I have a couple of unwanted four packs of 2016 disc cells so I will see if I can improvise a way to fit them, heatshrinking five of them together should be OK if I use minimum heat and then wire tails to the original battery connectors.

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Roger
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