Is this round metal piece glued into the bottom corner also a magnet or magnetic? The instructions don't mention it; should it be yanked as well?
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Extremeophile wrote:2. The metal disk on the inside corner of the Disto is not a magnet, but the sensor that detects the magnet located in the flip-out extension on the bottom. You can remove it if you like, but Beat did not remove it from his units and any affect it may have can be handled by the calibration.
Extremeophile wrote:Anker also makes a tiny 3,000 mAh charger that looks to be about the size of a single 18650 battery, and this has enough power to recharge the DistoX about 4 times, and should do a full recharge in less than an hour.
http://www.amazon.com/Anker-Astro-Mini-Ultra-Compact-Lipstick-Sized/dp/B005X1Y7I2/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1391694586&sr=1-3&keywords=anker
Extremeophile wrote:I had some issues with the micro-USB charge connector. The instructions have it soldered directly to the battery connectors but it gets flexed/stressed when closing the battery compartment and when connecting or disconnecting the charge cable. The solder joints just weren't robust enough so I added short lengths of wire so there wouldn't be as much stress on the joints. I originally tried the suggestion of encapsulating the connection in hot melt glue, but this wasn't solid enough to prevent the solder joints from failing, and made a mess. You can see the glue residue in the photo below.
Martin Sluka wrote:Try to solder the board directly to contacts.
Extremeophile wrote: The micro-USB cable I was using to charge the device had a pretty snug fit so I had to push or pull fairly hard to connect and disconnect.
Extremeophile wrote: Now that I have a very good calibration (delta was 0.28) I plan to leave that programmed into the device and will go out and do a FS/BS check like this about once a week to determine at what point a recalibration is needed. With an internally mounted, non-magnetic battery, it is expected that the unit should not need recalibration as often as the 1st generation DistoX.
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