Battometer

[tauzero]

[quote name='dood' post='926887' date='Aug 16 2010, 08:43 PM']Actually, I just had a thought - if there is no lead plugged in when you take a reading from the battery terminals - then that will be an unloaded circuit as the ring and shield terminals won't be 'closed' or 'shorted' to complete the circuit. So I guess to get a loaded circuit, you'll need to have a lead or dummy plug inserted as well![/quote]
Yes, that's why I said "leave the battery connected, plug a lead in". I suppose I could have been more specific about what lead and where.

[tauzero]

[quote name='flyfisher' post='926921' date='Aug 16 2010, 08:59 PM']Come on, honestly now, how many people on here have not realised when it was time to change a battery?[/quote]
That's easy. The trick is to realise it's time to change a battery ten minutes before you start the gig rather than ten minutes after.

[flyfisher]

New battery for the gig, old battery(s) for practice and rehearsals.

[MB1]

[quote name='Mykesbass' post='926723' date='Aug 16 2010, 06:08 PM']I thought it was going to be a device that warned you when a Katie Melua or Wombles record was about to be played [/quote]

MB1.
....That'll be the Mike Battometer!
...just thinking this Battometer is a Very Batman..ish item?...Does it repel Sharks?... in a Adam West and Burt Ward Styley!

Edited August 18, 2010 by MB1

[Pete Academy]

I decided to save shitloads of money. I changed me batteries.