Tandberg 3001 3011 remote mounted replacement memory battery

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Restore your vintage Tandberg analog tuner!
I offer new replacement parts sourced and tested by a Tandberg tuner specialist - I use these parts for my own comprehensive 3000-series tuner overhauls, and have sold hundreds of 3000-series parts kits worldwide. This is a new listing for an alternative memory battery solution that I sourced back when it looked like the original Varta PCB-mounted battery was going to become completely unavailable. Fortunately that did not happen, but I like this solution anyway because it removes the battery from the PCB so it can't damage the board if the battery leaks, and because it means replacing the battery is so simple anyone can do it - no more taking half the tuner apart to desolder the old battery. Just pop a new battery into the holder and you're good for more years of service.
I also offer this same solution as an alternate battery in my item # 401592435107 listing at the same cost as the original board-mount type battery, you can pick whichever solution you prefer. Since some other johnny-come-lately seller has decided to try and skim some sales in the highly trafficked (lol) Tandberg parts market recently after he serviced one or two tuners and became an instant expert, I decided I'd go ahead and return the favor by listing this one separately.
Short rant: Why buy my kits and not the other ones available on eBay? Very simple - I'm the only regular seller here on eBay that specializes in Tandberg audio equipment, as a collector myself and also an experienced tech. As anyone who's met me knows, I have a passion for Tandberg, maybe obsession is a better description. As an example of that obsession, before I got deep into collecting and servicing 3000-series components like these tuners, you couldn't find a suitable battery to replace the original so people were substituting other batteries that didn't fit the original PCB, or had to be glued in etc. Same for the quite unique preset switches Tandberg used in these models, there wasn't a good replacement readily available. Because I value these components very highly and want to see them returned to proper working order, I spent the time to locate and source the best possible replacement parts, which allows me to continue to restore them to my standards as well as making the part kits available here on eBay. Since then, other sellers occasionally try and grab some of that business (low margin business at that) for whatever reason, after working on one or two components themselves - or buying one of my kits and reverse-sourcing the same parts, both of those have happened. The difference between us is I care about these components, and selling the parts here is part of keeping them original and working as well as possible, and the parts sales are a low-margin afterthought, not a source of income. What I make on these kits goes back into restocking the parts, which I buy in bulk and keep in stock and have done for years now.
You are bidding on one battery holder with harness, and one 1/2AA NiMH 1.2V battery as seen in the pics. There is no need to make the harness a foot long nor to include disconnects, as this holder fits up against the inside side chassis rail of the tuner where the relatively short harness easily reaches the tuner system PCB. You just solder the red and black wires to that PCB, reinstall the PCB, mount the battery holder to the side rail with some 2-sided tape which I'll include. I'll install one in a spare tuner and post pictures of the finished installation and draft an instruction sheet when I get a little more spare time, and update this listing.
This battery is the same type (NiMH) and voltage (1.2V) as the original Varta PCB-mounted battery, but has more capacity meaning your presets will stay programmed longer if the tuner is left powered down. It will take a bit longer to fully charge it than the original however.
Background on the Tandberg 3000-series tuners, if you're interested:
Tandberg earned a reputation for building rock-solid, super high-performance stereo receivers & other components in the late 1970’s. These fine audio components were hand-assembled in Norway, and among other things their tuners had sensitivity and noise rejection capabilities equal to some of the finest component tuners made. They had a beautiful sonic quality and were built to last a lifetime.
However, Tandberg ran into financial distress by the end of the decade and was reorganized as a much smaller company, which then launched the 3000 series. Among those more modern, brushed-anodized aluminum models, the 3001 and 3011 were standouts with the 3001A in particular ranking among the finest component tuners ever produced even today.
There are a couple of well-known design flaws with these tuners however. One is that the preset switches collapse internally over time, and have to be replaced or removed in order for the tuner to be operable with the manual tuning knob. I sell replacement preset switches that fit exactly as the originals do without modifying the preset PCB; check my other listings for this kit.
The second flaw is an internal battery used to maintain the preset channel settings when the tuner is disconnected from power. These little rechargeable batteries are soldered to the circuit board, and tend to fail regularly. Tandberg recommended replacement every ten years, and that is probably good advice as they often leak rather badly when they get old (see picture!).
Note:
Although the battery is easy to install, getting to it involves a fair amount of disassembly and care so that you don't damage the tuner, especially the fragile preset switches and 20-something year old solder joints, header connections etc. Although I supply a detailed instruction sheet with the kits now, please do
not
try and install this battery yourself unless you have good electronics repair skills. By the way, I do not supply solder with this kit for a good reason - it takes a LOT more than just a couple of inches of solder to go through the tuner and fix all of those bad joints. Anyone doing this repair should have a roll on hand anyway!
I also now have in stock the four dial lamps, again these match the original specification exactly and fit precisely into the fuse-style lamp holders. You can access these lamps by loosening two screws and removing two others - nothing could be simpler!
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