Thread: Wixey Digital read-out battery box

I recently posted that I was sick of buying new coin-type batteries for my Wixey digital saw fence readout, and that I was going to do something about it. Well, I did.

I went down to Jaycar in York St, Sydney and bought some bits & pieces - dangerous place that - including a switchable 2AA battery box and some rechargeable AA batteries - the new type that claim not to self discharge.

After a bit of fiddling with some alligator clips to check it would work, I soldered the wires to the battery contacts - note which colour wire goes to which contact, and carved a notch in the battery compartment cover. In the photos it is waiting for some double sided tape to stick the battery box to the readout box.

Due to the construction of the battery box it has to be offset a bit as the switch is on the back - away from the operator - so the battery door is readily accessable. The original switch on the Wixey still turns it on & off, and retains zero, but the switch on the battery box will stop the drain on the batteries caused by retaining zero information. After all, how hard is it to reset zero?