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Mark -
My caliper has no name on it so this is just a suggestion.=20
When I replaced my dead battery, the configuration isn=E2=80=99t obvious as t=
o which side is =E2=80=98up=E2=80=99 on the battery.=20
The illogical choice brought mine back to life.=20
- Bill
The blind spot of AI is that consciousness does not emerge from thought; it i=
s the source of it.=20
- George Gilder
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> On Sep 18, 2025, at 4:58=E2=80=AFPM, Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wro=
te:
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> =EF=BB=BFOkay, I dusted off my old Mitutoyo digital calipers ( 500-196 CD=
-6CS ). Replaced the battery with a brand new one, hit the ON button and no=
thing. Zip. Nada. Tried swapping the new battery in and out a couple of t=
imes, no change. Did a web search, nothing specific to failure to turn on.
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> Anyone have any suggestions? Maybe it is turning on, but the display rema=
ins blank. Maybe it is not turning on at all. How can I tell? Replacing th=
e display module seems a pricey gamble. Other options?
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> mjb.
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Mark -<div><br></div><div>My caliper has no=
name on it so this is just a suggestion. </div><div>When I replaced my=
dead battery, the configuration isn=E2=80=99t obvious as to which side is =E2=
=80=98up=E2=80=99 on the battery. </div><div>The illogical choice broug=
ht mine back to life. </div><div><br></div><div>- Bill<br id=3D"lineBre=
akAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><p class=3D"p1"><br></p><p s=
tyle=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-wid=
th: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto;=
font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-varia=
nt-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: n=
ormal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variat=
ion-settings: normal;"><font face=3D"Helvetica"><span style=3D"font-size: 14=
px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The blind spot of AI is that cons=
ciousness does not emerge from thought; it is the source of it. </span>=
</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: n=
ormal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font=
-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: nor=
mal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-var=
iant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: a=
uto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face=3D"Helvetica"><span style=3D=
"font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- George Gilder</sp=
an></font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps=
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to; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-va=
riant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-positio=
n: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-o=
ptical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style=3D"font-f=
amily: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&n=
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</ul></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Sep 18, 2=
025, at 4:58=E2=80=AFPM, Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:<br><=
br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<s=
pan>Okay, I dusted off my old Mitutoyo digital calipers ( 500-196 CD-6=
CS ). Replaced the battery with a brand new one, hit the ON button and=
nothing. Zip. Nada. Tried swapping the new battery in and=
out a couple of times, no change. Did a web search, nothing specific t=
o failure to turn on.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Anyone have any sugge=
stions? Maybe it is turning on, but the display remains blank. M=
aybe it is not turning on at all. How can I tell? Replacing the displa=
y module seems a pricey gamble. Other options?</span><br><span></span>=
<br><span>mjb.</span><br><span></span><br><span>____________________________=
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