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Re: Problem with RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 28 May 2006 01:46:27 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Louis Davis wrote:
> I have a 2.0 RCX that is only about 6 months old. I had just put a new set of
> batteries in it the other day and it was working fine. I had not used it for
> about a week and then tried it out and it was completely dead. I opened up the
> battery box and noticed that the batteries had leaked inside the box. These
> were brand new energizers, right out of the package. I cleaned out battery
> compartment and cleaned all the contacts and inserted a new set of batteries.
> Tried to turn on the RCX and nothing happened. I then felt the batteries and
> they were getting extremely hot. I removed them immediately. I made very sure
> that I had inserted them correctly. Does anyone have any idea what is going on
> with my RCX? I have not done anything to it since I got it. I have not dropped
> it or mishandled it in any way. Like I said earlier, it was working fine about
> a week ago and then it sat for a week. Sometime between then and now the
> batteries leaked, somehow this caused permanent damage to the unit. It appears
> there is a dead short now, because as soon as I insert the batteries, they get
> extremely hot.
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> Thanks for any insight into this. Does you think I would be able to get
> warranty coverage in this unit since it is only about six months old?
>
> Louis
The dead short could have caused the batteries to leak. That's probably the only
way to get batteries to leak in only a week.
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| (...) I agree - and furthermore, whilst a dead short might well cause a battery leak (when the batteries get hot, the contents can expand and rupture the cell) - it's kinda unusual for a battery leak to cause a dead short - the corrosive gunk inside (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Problem with RCX
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| I have a 2.0 RCX that is only about 6 months old. I had just put a new set of batteries in it the other day and it was working fine. I had not used it for about a week and then tried it out and it was completely dead. I opened up the battery box and (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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