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Re: Expected battery life
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Date: 
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 13:17:11 GMT
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What I find is that the bot will move nicely forward and bog down in
turns. One motor will appear to stall. I have looked for any place
the parts may be binding and have found none.

I had a similar experience with my new Mindstorms kit, and discovered (by
using the RCXCC "Direct Control" options) that, about 10% of the time, one
motor failed to respond to start commands (although, if you gave the shaft a
starting twist by hand, the motor then ran quite happily).  I complained to
LEGO, and they immediately sent a free replacement motor.



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