<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="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’t obvious as to which side is ‘up’ on the battery. </div><div>The illogical choice brought mine back to life. </div><div><br></div><div>- Bill<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="p1"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The blind spot of AI is that consciousness does not emerge from thought; it is the source of it. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- George Gilder</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p></div><div><ul class="ul1">
</ul></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 18, 2025, at 4:58 PM, Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Okay, 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 nothing. Zip. Nada. Tried swapping the new battery in and out a couple of times, no change. Did a web search, nothing specific to failure to turn on.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Anyone have any suggestions? Maybe it is turning on, but the display remains blank. Maybe it is not turning on at all. How can I tell? Replacing the display module seems a pricey gamble. Other options?</span><br><span></span><br><span>mjb.</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span></span><br><span>Shop-talk@autox.team.net</span><br><span>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br><span>Suggested annual donation $12.96</span><br><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive</span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/brabel@comcast.net</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>