26-04-2017, 12:54 PM
Hi all,
I realise that this is an old thread, but wondered if I could revive it? I bought a Pat2000i years ago and , after an immediate fiddle, with the same message as my countryman's about the neutral being live, I stuck it under my workbench. But now, I'm repairing more old Tek, HP, Solartron, Datron etc kit, I felt it might add a bit of added value if I could say 'calibrated AND PAT tested' in my ads. Seaward are not particularly helpful, saying that it's a discontinued model - nobody still here who knows about it' etc. So . . . I dragged it out and powered it up. 'All settings lost . . .', or something of that ilk came up and I thought 'great, just a battery somewhere has failed'. I found said battery inside the keyboard - I'm sure I remember someone asking how to replace this - and duly replaced it, having de-gunked the surrounding area that the corrosion had touched - and powered it back up. Hey-ho - the same message about "volts on neutral! Press # only if safe" Pressing # does nothing. Does anyone have any details on this old box? I'd love to use it, seing it's actually newer in vintage than most of the kit I work on, but still so old it's obsolete!
Cheers,
Mel
I realise that this is an old thread, but wondered if I could revive it? I bought a Pat2000i years ago and , after an immediate fiddle, with the same message as my countryman's about the neutral being live, I stuck it under my workbench. But now, I'm repairing more old Tek, HP, Solartron, Datron etc kit, I felt it might add a bit of added value if I could say 'calibrated AND PAT tested' in my ads. Seaward are not particularly helpful, saying that it's a discontinued model - nobody still here who knows about it' etc. So . . . I dragged it out and powered it up. 'All settings lost . . .', or something of that ilk came up and I thought 'great, just a battery somewhere has failed'. I found said battery inside the keyboard - I'm sure I remember someone asking how to replace this - and duly replaced it, having de-gunked the surrounding area that the corrosion had touched - and powered it back up. Hey-ho - the same message about "volts on neutral! Press # only if safe" Pressing # does nothing. Does anyone have any details on this old box? I'd love to use it, seing it's actually newer in vintage than most of the kit I work on, but still so old it's obsolete!
Cheers,
Mel
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