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From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Cateye Solar Beef
Message-ID: <771@mako.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-May-85 14:58:20 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 14:58:20 1985
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In article <5325@tekecs.UUCP> barrys@tekecs.UUCP (Barry Steel) writes:
>During the winter, when I was riding my clunker bike, the Cateye sat
>around in a "sunny" window.  It discharged so far that I had to buy new
>batteries (it would not recharge itself).

Same thing happened to me.  I figured, "If they charge 'em, why can't I?"
I put about 10 mills through them overnight -- it works like new.  Be very
careful of the current level, though.  Those AgO cells can go off like a
blasting cap, which is probably why there are not chargers for them available.

>When that happens, you loose your odometer reading, which can NOT be reset.

About September of 84, I posted a schematic and directions for setting the
Cateye Solar odometer to some arbitrary value, using a signal generator, a
resistor, and a common NPN transistor.  The idea is to fool the thing into
thinking you're riding at over 80mph.  It is a simple matter to calculate 
approximately when the proper mileage will come up.  I will attempt to dig it
up and re-post it if there is interest.
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