Well, you might try testing with 2 smaller Li coin cells in series,
and a zener or
enough series diodes to drop the ~6V to ~3.6V.  I don't know what that
would prove,
though.  Different chemistry, different technology, different voltage
curves...

Most vendors seem to pretty much stick in the tadarian cells and rely
on "caclulated
battery life far exceeds expected product lifetime" - I've got several
event counters,
and some token ring hubs containing similar batteries that don't seem
to make them
replaceable at all, for instance...

BillW

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