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Re: Blown up RCX?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 13 Sep 2002 02:25:35 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Bastiaan van Kesteren writes:
> I did something like this to my own RCX, and he wasn't very happy whit it
> too ;-)
> switching the polarity blows the rcx!
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> In my case, the fuse was broken. You must open the RCX, and take of the
> cover. The fuse is located near the bottom, by the capacitors. It’s a tiny
> white thing, and there’s “1,5” printed on it. You should jumper this fuse
> and try or the RCX works then. If it does, then it is the fuse.
> (after that, I've placed a 'normal' 1.5A fuse in place of this broken fuse,
> just to be sure.)
Bedankt, Bas!
Shorting the 1.5 A fuse fixed the problem for now. I hope nothing else
broke/will break.
I've read, that the fuse appears not necessary since the RCX can endure more
than 1.5 A...
I'll keep everyone posted!
Greetz,
Remko
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| I did something like this to my own RCX, and he wasn't very happy whit it too ;-) switching the polarity blows the rcx! In my case, the fuse was broken. You must open the RCX, and take of the cover. The fuse is located near the bottom, by the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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