DRO readout prole

Thanks for all the clarification Jon.

Ketan at ARC.

Maplin supply silver SR44 cells.

Hi Ketan,

Kwil beat me to it, I would recommend the Small Battery Company, I have bought these and other batteries from them and can thoroughly reccomend them - long lasting, good quality stamped batteries and the service is, like yours, excellent. When I needed some urgently they even sent them before payment was cleared by the slow (at that time) BACS system, because I was an established customer.

Best regards

Terry

At twice the price of the Small Battery Company or 2 1/2 times more if you want two.  P&P included unlike Maplin at £2.99 minimum. Pays to research unless you have money to throw away.

Terry

Edited By Terryd on 21/09/2012 07:10:52

Thanks for that Terry. Will guide people to Samll Battery Company in case of need.

Ketan at ARC.

Terryd.

No money to throw away (unfortunately), but with a Maplin close to home and for one battery every year or longer it hardly seems a major issue.

Machine DRO supply them at a good price, I have noticed packs of 5 on their stand at ME exhibitions.

Also they feature via the advert on this page.

Edited By V8Eng on 22/09/2012 23:23:54

For anyone interested, go to Buy a battery . co .uk they have genuine Varta SR44's and many other types.I have dealt with them for a few years now ,very good source for almost every battery type you can think of, and very good service. No connection , just a satisfied customer.

Regards,

Raymond.

I generally use LR44/AG13 cells for all sorts of things. Whether they are pound shop or top-notch from Farnell they all seem to last about a year and give up in late to midwinter.

This is because they discharge much less efficiently at low temperatures, so they can cope with the tiny standby current ofa DRO all year long, until the cold weather hits.

For those who want to remote power the simple DROs, try using an LED as a voltage regulator - it works! At low currents the Vf of a red LED is about 1.6V within spec for an SR44/LR44 powered device.

I have a solar calculator with a green L:ED hidden inside - when the panel is in sunshine, the LED lights up to burn the excess current.

Neil