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Re: Problem with RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 28 May 2006 04:56:36 GMT
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steve <sjbaker1@airmail.net&SayNoToSpam&>
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Benton Jackson wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Louis Davis wrote:
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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 noticed that the batteries had leaked inside the box.\
> 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.
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 can eat away at thin copper
tracks - which might cause an open circuit - but the stuff isn't
conductive (or batteries would just short out internally!) - so it's
hard to see how they could cause a short in the RCX.
So - I'd call up Lego customer service - if you are nice to them,
they've been pretty good with some of us over replacing stuff that's
broken - sometimes LONG after warranty has expired. You don't have
much to lose at this point.
If all else fails, I'd pull the RCX completely apart (it's not hard
to do - and there are instructions out on the web someplace) - see
if there is any more gunk to clean out and look for any foreign
bodies rattling around in there.
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| (...) 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. (18 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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