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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 (...) (18 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Problem with RCX —Robert G Fay
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| | | | "steve" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:44792D84.80803@...ail.net... (...) (URL) (18 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Problem with RCX —Louis Davis
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| | | | (...) not find any more battery gunk. Everything looked okay, no obvious signs of damage. Since this is a newer unit, the battery tabs are soldered to the board. If I place a meter on the + and - terminals, it shows a short. If I place a meter on (...) (18 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Problem with RCX —Louis Davis
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| | | | (...) I wanted to let everyone know that I was able to fix my RCX and tell you what was wrong with it. There was a bridge between the positive terminal pad and a very thin portion of the ground plane along the outer edge of the PCB. Apparently the (...) (18 years ago, 2-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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