Stupid question maybe but how do you keep them all together? And how long does it last?

Leslie wrote:

Stupid question maybe but how do you keep them all together? And how long does it last?

Give me a few minutes and I'll take a photo of the batteries inside the remote.  Just got back from IKEA where I found a turntable shelf solution.

burantek wrote:

Tip of the month -thanks Rich!

"Even the losers get lucky sometimes"

--Tom Petty

Leslie wrote:

Stupid question maybe but how do you keep them all together? And how long does it last?

The seven Energizer 357 watch batteries are just placed in series inside the battery compartment.  I just removed the four screws on the back of the remote, pulled the remote apart, and put the batteries in as shown one at a time.  Obviously you need to have all the positive terminals pointing in the same direction.

I suppose you could put some tape around the whole stack first.  I seem to remember reading that somewhere - probably here.

Be a bit careful putting the remote back together - the terminal leads are wide enough to be a very close fit.

As to how long does it last?  Just fired it up yesterday.  Will let you know when they die!

burantek wrote:

The original is tough to find in the states, and expensive when you do!

Jaff,

I find it not so hard to get some replacements here in Germany - and they aren't too expensive.

This is a "photo cell". In Germany you can get it e.g. here:

Not intended to be an ad though - just to be aware of prices to expect... not related to them anyway.

Don't know about availability in the states 😳

EDIT: What makes me wonder is that on my V74PX there's also printed 10LR54: That makes me curious as an LR54 is 11.5 x 3.1mm by dimension and 10 of them will make roughly the 32 x 14mm the 15V-unit is sized. Maybe that's nothing but Rich's solution in a professional housing 😎

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  Gunther

hemenex wrote:

burantek wrote:

The original is tough to find in the states, and expensive when you do!

Jaff,

I find it not so hard to get some replacements here in Germany - and they aren't too expensive.

This is a "photo cell". In Germany you can get it e.g. here:

Not intended to be an ad though - just to be aware of prices to expect... not related to them anyway.

Don't know about availability in the states 😳

EDIT: What makes me wonder is that on my V74PX there's also printed 10LR54: That makes me curious as an LR54 is 11.5 x 3.1mm by dimension and 10 of them will make roughly the 32 x 14mm the 15V-unit is sized. Maybe that's nothing but Rich's solution in a professional housing 😎

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  Gunther

 That's really cheap Gunther,  not sure what shipping price will be to Holland. Bought one at

I guess my latest purschase was this :-)

Anyone else who's got this?

Nice !

Never seen those before.

Are they one-offs, or are they unique to a country/market, or historical catalogue items ?

In short - I want some 😂 😂

elephant wrote:

Never seen those before.

You should have, they have been a prize draw item not so long ago 😁

Marcus wrote:

I guess my latest purschase was this :-)

Anyone else who's got this?

You mean you got it as part of a good deal at the dealer or bought it? Looks great (not in my collection...... yet👍)