Presumably a common problem, but new to me, open to any suggestions.
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mm graph paper Show the battery closure with the little cover of sliding plastic removed. L is over the latch to free the plastic- is over the really fllimsy battery connection which of course is bent away so no longer making contact. So feeble that there is no point in bending back although for illustrative purposes I have for the pic) as it will soon bend back or fracture. At the moment I'm thinking of cutting a bit from phosphor bronze shim and rivet/soldering with an eyelet+tiny washer through that hole marked with an R and doubling up the existing. Not possible to sensibly remove this hinged brass as the pintle is rivetted in by the look of it.
-- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
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