Lucky enough to purchase one of these recently. Only problem is that the aftermarket batteries I have been using with an R8 do not fit the multitrack target well.
That's to say they go in OK but extracting them is difficult.
Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone have a solution (apart from the obvious - buy only Trimble batteries)?
Maybe there is a supplier that makes them the correct size? I suspect they all come from the same place. The ones I have are branded CS "Cameron Sino" and are 20.5mm thick, whereas the Trimble ones are 20.0mm thick.
> Lucky enough to purchase one of these recently. Only problem is that the aftermarket batteries I have been using with an R8 do not fit the multitrack target well.
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> That's to say they go in OK but extracting them is difficult.
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> Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone have a solution (apart from the obvious - buy only Trimble batteries)?
>
> Maybe there is a supplier that makes them the correct size? I suspect they all come from the same place. The ones I have are branded CS "Cameron Sino" and are 20.5mm thick, whereas the Trimble ones are 20.0mm thick.
Had that happen, we just shaved them off with a pocket knife
Try the empire batteries. They should work. You can usually get them on eBay.
Yeah I was wondering about putting it on the belt sander. 0.25mm each side?
Thanks Chuck. Are you speaking from experience? I'm thinking that all the imitations probably come from the same place.
> Yeah I was wondering about putting it on the belt sander. 0.25mm each side?
Yeah I would absolutely go for it, the excess is the lower quality plastic they use. I had the problem with the Multi Track and the Dini (same battery). Now I have extra Trimble Battery units.
> Thanks Chuck. Are you speaking from experience? I'm thinking that all the imitations probably come from the same place.
I have some empire batteries, they work in my MT1000. You're looking for batteries that fit R8, Spectra Epoch 50 or 35. I think the Trimble 5800 battery is the same too. Shave em down with a pocket knife works too!
How did you extract the Cameron Sino battery? I was just toying around with my new S6 at home and put the battery in the trimble multitrack, and now it is very stuck.
Tapping on to a desk edge whilst holding the release switches open.
Then levering it out with a small screwdriver in the groove.
All very gently of course.
Got it out, thank you! I'm always relunctant to 'tap' anything having to do with optics, but then I remember watching a Leica prism roll 200 metres down a concrete spillway without damaging and realize that these things aren't all that fragile.
