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Subject:	Re: rechargeable 9V battery packs for RCX/JCX and Legos motors
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Sat, 15 Sep 2001 01:40:07 GMT
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In article <MPG.16068fc11ac66559989681@lugnet.com>, Terry King <tking@waitsriver.k12.vt.us> wrote: > B. What is a suitable connector?? The problem is that BOTH the battery > connection and the charger connection are 'live' and can short out > against a metal object, so the typical "source is Female and load is > Male" doesn't work. Need some small, simple, cheap hermaphroditic > connector. I am leaning toward a simple .100 dual socket with one > inserted pin (result, one male, one female, no shorts). > **Sorry for all this sex discussion; I know we have kids here :-) You might want to consider the connector used for R/C battery packs. If memory serves, they are fairly immune to shorting, can only be connected the right way, and the connectors lock together. My digi-key catalog shows Molex as one possible vendor. The Digikey part numbers are WM2308-ND, WM2309-ND, WM2310-ND, and WM2310-ND. Dave Baum -- reply to: dbaum at enteract dot com

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		Re: rechargeable 9V battery packs for RCX/JCX and Legos motors
Dave, these look very good.. both the male and female appear to be recessed... Which end is typically used for the battery?? Thanks! Terry dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com says... (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: rechargeable 9V battery packs for RCX/JCX and Legos motors
(...) The battery connector has pins, the charger has the socket/receptacles. The square contact is positive. Bruce Boyes ------- WWW.SYSTRONIX.COM ---...--- Real embedded Java and much more High speed 8051 systems +1-801-534-1017 Salt Lake City, (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: rechargeable 9V battery packs for RCX/JCX and Legos motors
(...) I would like to follow up on this. The school I volunteer at to teach LEGO Robotics now has 4 RIS 1.5 and 4 RIS 2.0 and batteries are a real problem. Disassembling kids robots to change batteries is a pain! I have been using 1800MAh NiMh AA (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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