30b Spare Battery

[Dave Frederickson]

I opened a new 30b the other day to make a WP 34S. I had purchased the calc just after it was announced at HHC 2014 that the 30b had been discontinued.

I was surprised to discover that the calculator had only one battery contact.



So it looks like BT1 is a spare!

BTW, HP Calculator Support won't replace the calculator, even though it's an obvious manufacturing defect, because the warranty expired two months ago.

Dave