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Re: Cleaning Battery Terminals
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:54:50 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Mark Riley wrote:
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> 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.
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> HTH,
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> Mark
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.
I've usually used very fine sandpaper in the past, but I'm going to try this.
Thanks for the heads up, Mark!
Anything new on the LDCC front? :) I'm still using it on my layouts and having
a blast!
Dave K
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| (...) I just finished a second RCX and while the terminals aren't as shiny as the previous RCX, the RCX fired right up after I reassembled it. The crud on this latest RCX's terminals was bluish green so I suspect the outer silver layer got eaten (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jan-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jan-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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