Hughes module problem

[Jdam]

Hi All,

New member to the forum although I have been visiting from time to time.

I am having a problem with one of my LED watches. It has a Hughes Aircraft module with 2 pusher buttons and one set button. It has been working great until recently when I went to check out the batteries to see if they needed replaced as I had not used it in about 3 months. When I pressed the button I found that the batteries were dead. I then replaced them as I normally do and the watch worked again for about 20 minutes and then quit working. I replaced the batteries once again and the same thing happened.

Does anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this to happen? Do you think that it is repairable?

I would appreciate your thoughts very much!

[retroleds]

1. Check for an wandering battery clip...might have shorted out one of the batterys and drained it.
2.Using a battery tester with a meter or VOM meter check both the batterys - is one drained and one still like new? If so, probably bad quartz oscillator crystal draining the one(the one that is "-" side down?).

Most Hughes modules are difficult to replace the quartz crystal on :( , at least compared to some other brands.