Comments on: Finds: Stop Losing Radio Settings When You Pull The Battery http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/30/finds-stop-losing-radio-settings-when-you-pull-the-battery/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:54:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: SuperJdynamite http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/30/finds-stop-losing-radio-settings-when-you-pull-the-battery/#comment-17757 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:40:33 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/30/finds-stop-losing-radio-settings-when-you-pull-the-battery/#comment-17757 ... or you could put that $20 towards one of the Black and Decker battery boosters you had on the site a while ago. … or you could put that $20 towards one of the Black and Decker battery boosters you had on the site a while ago.

]]> by: Bill Marcy http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/30/finds-stop-losing-radio-settings-when-you-pull-the-battery/#comment-17582 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:14:09 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/30/finds-stop-losing-radio-settings-when-you-pull-the-battery/#comment-17582 Ebay has these kinds of things for sale, I picked one up for .99 cents. Great idea, just a bit pricey. Ebay has these kinds of things for sale, I picked one up for .99 cents.

Great idea, just a bit pricey.

]]> by: Nate Bezanson http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/30/finds-stop-losing-radio-settings-when-you-pull-the-battery/#comment-17351 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:58:16 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/30/finds-stop-losing-radio-settings-when-you-pull-the-battery/#comment-17351 For about $20, you can build a dozen of these. Just take a 9v battery snap, through a diode, to a scrap lighter plug. Really, who doesn't have a pile of those salvaged from equipment that was getting junked? Since system voltage drops as low as six volts during cranking, radios have to put up with that sort of input fluctuation. Nine is plenty to keep the memory awake, and the inherent current limit of the battery ensures that you won't arc anything if you happen to touch the back-powered leads while you're working. Another handy use for the camera in the shop: Kick it into movie mode, point at the radio's display, and stab through all the preset buttons. If you need to reprogram the thing, go frame by frame in the video. For about $20, you can build a dozen of these. Just take a 9v battery snap, through a diode, to a scrap lighter plug. Really, who doesn’t have a pile of those salvaged from equipment that was getting junked?

Since system voltage drops as low as six volts during cranking, radios have to put up with that sort of input fluctuation. Nine is plenty to keep the memory awake, and the inherent current limit of the battery ensures that you won’t arc anything if you happen to touch the back-powered leads while you’re working.

Another handy use for the camera in the shop: Kick it into movie mode, point at the radio’s display, and stab through all the preset buttons. If you need to reprogram the thing, go frame by frame in the video.

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