SAT II users

[Farrell]

I use a SAT III & have my old SAT I for backup. Battery state indicators are
kinda funky on both. Foot switch lasts a year or two & then seizes. All else
works great! Love 'em. I even know how to pitch raise to a non-standard
pitch now!

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Formsma" <jformsma@dixie-net.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 7:38 AM
Subject: RE: SAT II users


> Dave,
>
> <<I had a problem twice with my SAT 1 with the foot switch terminal not
> working. The last time was just before I sold it. I called Sanderson and
was
> told that if a Radio Shack or non Inventronics plug was soldered on, it
> could
> damage the switch terminal. So I paid to have it repaired and a new cord
> installed on the foot switch.
>
> Dave Peake, RPT>>
>
> I have a SAT II, and am not familiar with the SAT I, so it may be
different.
> However, if the switch terminal can be damaged with a non-Inventronics
plug,
> then mine should have been damaged the four times it has been replaced.
:-)
> The Inventronics plug is slightly longer than a regular sub-mini plug (I
> think). There is nothing magical about a plug and its receptacle. As long
as
> contact is made, everything will work properly. Though I have only some
> limited electronics knowledge, I do not see how a switch plug could damage
> anything if is approx the same size.
>
> I have also had to replace the battery charger. The original one quit
> working, so I took one of the same voltage and resoldered the original
plug
> on. I believe that the original charger is 100 mA. The one I replaced it
> with is 500 mA, but that should not negatively affect charging if there is
> something in the SAT to regulate the amount of current that can charge the
> battery. Many times there is a regulator in the circuitry. I think the
> amount of milliamps is simply the capacity that the charger is capable of.
> So the one that I replaced will provide 5 times more power, but since it
is
> not necessary, it will only provide what is needed.
>
> John Formsma
> Blue Mountain, MS
>
>