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[John Ihlein]

Audio system works, 12 volt lead acid battery on charge.

Two timing computers working.

Three timing boards work, but…

Somewhere along the line the case with the batteries appears to have been tipped over. Wouldn’t you know 2 of the batteries fell over, contacts touched, and they welded themselves together. They are both swollen to about 1.5 times their normal size. Luckily they didn’t catch fire.

Needless to say, they are shot and we need to replace them. $107 each at batteries plus. Dan and I are heading to Batteries Plus to replace them.

-JI

[John Ihlein]

Here’s the damage for those interested. 

On Jun 1, 2026, at 4:18 PM, John Ihlein <jih...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Audio system works, 12 volt lead acid battery on charge.

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[Dan Tandberg]

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[Richard Shagam]

Save the receipts for expenses, please  (groan)

Richard Shagam

Treasurer, ASA
Albuquerque, NM

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