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In lugnet.robotics, David Koudys wrote:
> 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.
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 through to some copper underneath. The vinegar cleans up the white crud
off the plastic really well, too.
> Anything new on the LDCC front? :) I'm still using it on my layouts and having
> a blast!
That's great to hear you're still using it! I think there will be some more
work done on LDCC given the reason I started using my RCXs this time. I've been
fooling around with N scale model trains and got around to installing some
decoders in a few locos so I thought I'd try out LDCC with the N scale locos.
It actually works fairly decent but the low voltage (9V) really doesn't let the
trains get up any steam. So, I'm ordering parts to build a small 3A booster
which runs at 12 to 14 volts.
One of the things I left off finishing on LDCC last time was support for the
Spybot/Manas remotes as throttles. I just looked at the code and there's a bit
more work to get that done. Getting that to work will save me from spending big
bucks on the commercial DCC equipment with wireless walk around remotes, etc. I
also have a small list of other things I want to get working on LDCC, as well.
Cheers,
Mark
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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. (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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