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Kawamall RIB battery polarity?

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:45 pm
by foobar149
This really is a dumb question, but I'm stuck here without a multimeter for the moment...and don't want to blow up my newly arrived RIB.

Which way does the 9V battery go into the cased Kawamall/Kawa rib? The battery cover has polarity marked, but I can't tell the proper cover orientation...so that's useless :o. If I get desperate enough I'll just pop the cover and take a look...but I'm "stranded" with neither tools nor a multimeter at the moment :x.

Re: Kawamall RIB battery polarity?

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:05 pm
by K2JLX
Positive facing the power button; its that way on mine anyway.

Re: Kawamall RIB battery polarity?

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:40 pm
by 486dx4
Ditto with the one I have - positive facing the power button.

Re: Kawamall RIB battery polarity?

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:41 pm
by foobar149
Thanks alot. I ended up realizing it had reverse polarity protection, and flipped the battery till it worked. I've been dealing with so much sloppy equipment lacking protection diodes lately that I've become paranoid. :o

Re: Kawamall RIB battery polarity?

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:16 am
by Tom in D.C.
I had the same problem a few weeks ago, so I did take off
the case just to be 100% sure and the polarity was clearly
marked on the board itself, so I put a +/- marked piece of
P-touch tape on the case.