[AH] Update: [AH] Faulty PolySix -> looking for advice

From Kenny Balys
Sent Tue, Jan 29th 2019, 13:27

Oh crap... its there. The battery leaked.

So this is the second time I am cleaning the exact same synth.

Sorry for the SPAM. This fault is super well documented.


On 29.01.19 13:13 , Kenny Balys wrote:
>
> My Polysix just went wonky. The tuning is about a semitone flat
> and the bank lights are all lit up.
>
> I had replaced and repaired the Varta battery damage 10 years
> ago and then (stupidly?) put in another Varta.
>
> Now I have it ripped open and I cannot see any leakage.
>
> I am going to change out the battery for a CR2032 in a
> carrier (with diode charge protection).
>
> Looking for advice:
>
> Does a low battery level cause flakiness like what I am seeing?
>
> Anyone have any experience with this?
>
> It looks like I have no acid damage.
>
> I was just about to hit record and then this... sigh...
>