[gary]

Originally Posted by The Mekon

The question I come back to is has anyone else experienced short battery life for these hand controllers. And not being able to turn them off consumes how much power?

Gary Myers at StellarCAT writes -

Originally Posted by Gary Myers, StellarCAT

Hello John,

The older style Hand Pad has a designed in AutoOFF circuit. When off it is completely off! I’ve had one sit for 3 years with no use and still work fine and have had batteries last 5 years under normal usage! The key is if any of the buttons are pushed it will turn on – and if the button continues to be pushed the batteries will go dead in weeks! So when it is stored store it in a box such that the buttons cannot be pushed. They should last a very long time. The proper batteries are BR2325. The numbers specify the size of the battery – this being a 2.3mm thickness 25mm diameter battery – the CR2325 one would think is the same – its not. It is slightly thinner! I’ve seen problems where the contact arm doesn’t reliably make contact. What I’ve suggested to people is to get a small piece of aluminum foil and fold it – then slip it under the arm and on top of the top cell.

Gary Myers
StellarCAT