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Replacement Mercury Batteries for Sun Transmitters
The Eveready Mercury batteries N0. E12N used in the Sun transmitters have been discontinued awhile ago. Duracell Mercury batteries RM12R were being manufactured as a direct replacement.
Does anyone know where to buy them? Thanks!!... |
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You might want to give these people a call ^^^ Also found this: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthrea...430#post814430 |
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Those are my batteries (and my photo) in the top pic, btw. I still have them and use them for display purposes. Starting with post #6: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=392461 K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 06-20-2017 at 01:13 PM. |
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Thanks Lee..!!!! |
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Keith......you are correct......thanks for the post Mercury batteries (two 1.35 volt cells in series = 2 .7 v) were used in the earlier Sun tachs. The mercury style batteries provided excellent constant voltage regulation over their operating life span. As a result the mercury batteries will maintain 1.35v potential until approx. 5% of their life, where the voltage will quickly decline. AA Alkaline battery technology doesn’t have the same constant voltage regulation curve. The batteries have an initial open circuit voltage of 1.5v and initially drop approx. 6.6% - 13.3% (1.4v-1.3v) then continue to decrease over their life span. Decreasing an alkaline battery from the initial 1.5v to 1.35v before using them in the Sun tach will work however due to their poor constant voltage regulation the Sun tach’s needle deflection, representing the RPM, will not be as accurate as if it had been used with an original mercury type battery. If accuracy is not an issue then problem solved. If accuracy is an issue then it can be corrected by the use of a simple voltage regulator circuit; 9 volt battery, resistor and a 2.7v Zener diode. The mercury battery was Sun part number 1766-7 and was made by Mallory, commercial part number RM12R and the Eveready part number was N0. E12N. I am restoring to period correctness and therefore prefer not to modify but use the original technology of the day. I reached out to the company that Lee mentioned above. Hopefully they have access to the Duracell RM12R battery. |
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Fortunately the tach does not have to be very accurate for driving on and off the show field... Let us know what you find out. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best |
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Sent out a couple of e-mail requests followed up by a phone call to the company above; "Just NSN Parts" inquiring about the RM12R batteries. Unfortunately have not received a response......my search continues....
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There are a few sites out there that list them, however no solid lead.
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Still searching for a supplier or an equivalent substitution.
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