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Cleaning Battery Terminals
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:00:54 GMT
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I haven't posted here in a while, my RCXs having been on a hiatus. Well, after
breaking them out again, I discovered that I had foolishly left alkaline
batteries in some of them and of course some of the batteries had started to
leak. This caused apparent corrosion on the battery terminals and I thought I
was going to have a heck of a time getting them to work properly again.
After a little yahooing, I found some posts on the web that suggested a dilute
solution of white vinegar might be used to remove the corrosion. So, I
disassembled the the RCX and seperated the battery contacts from the green
battery backing panel. I then soaked the contacts and the backing panel in a
dilute vinegar solution, got a little foaming, rinsed off the components, dried
them and they are almost as bright again as when they started. I used a Q-Tip
and the vinegar solution to gently clean the battery contact pad on the circuit
board as it had some corrosion on it, too.
I reassembled the RCX and it worked liked a champ again! Just thought I'd
mention this here as as my search here didn't bring up anything about this. I
can easily see others finding themselves in the same predicament.
HTH,
Mark
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Cleaning Battery Terminals
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| In lugnet.robotics, Mark Riley wrote: <snip> (...) That's good news! I'm going to try this soon on some of my 4.5/9 volt battery boxes. As far as I can see, the vinegar won't harm the plastic yet should do a good number on the corroded contacts. (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jan-08, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Cleaning Battery Terminals
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| "Mark Riley" <markril@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:JuE4tI.t5@lugnet.com... (...) Your post could not have come at a better time. I found one of my RCX battery boxes full of corrosion the other day. White Vinegar and water does the trick. I (...) (16 years ago, 19-Jan-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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