Saturn backup battery

[chubbito]

I did a search on the board and couldnt find any info on this, so I was wondering where I would be able to get a backup battery, as I have two dead ones. I've seen them on ebay, but is this something I could take to radio shack and say "give me one of these" or is a special battery made for the saturn? thanks for any info.

 

[mxbx]

I got one just last week at Eckerd for $2. Yeah, take it to Radio Shack.

 

[mal]

A CR-2032 is what you need.

You can't have searched very hard, there are plenty of threads discussing just this question. ???

 

[racketboy]

yeah there's a few places that sell them.

eBay is also an option

BTW, they are also the same batteries that power Dreamcast's VMU

 

[PUNJABEE]

The same battery powers the BIOS of a Compaq 1700 series laptop. heh.. i know, i work on em.

 

[chubbito]

sorry mal, I did a search for 'saturn battery' within the saturn forum and the tech help forum and I didn't see any threads dealing with where to get a saturn battery at all, so I didn't think it would hurt to ask. Thanks for everyone who replied though, I'll take it to radio shack or eckerd tomorrow and hopefully pick one up.

 

[Taelon]

They're in every supermarket where the batteries are (sometimes in or near photo dept's).

CR2032 cells are almost as ubiquitous as your stock AA batteries and the like.

 

[mtxblau]

Originally posted by PUNJABEE@Jan. 25 2003, 3:19 am

The same battery powers the BIOS of a Compaq 1700 series laptop. heh.. i know, i work on em.

They actually power a large number of PCs and laptops' BIOSes. They're fairly popular for that kind of application.

 

[chubbito]

Just got back from wal mart, seems to be the only thing open at 3 in the morning.. anyway, picked up a battery ( in the camera section) for $1.96. I saw these going on ebay for 5 bucks + shipping, thats ridiculous. Whats the life span on one of these in a saturn?

 

[Curtis]

3-4 years.

 

[leeperry]

I bought two of them for $1.5 last month

go to supermarkets, and so on :0