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Re: Cleaning Battery Terminals
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:49:41 GMT
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"Mark Riley" <markril@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:JuE4tI.t5@lugnet.com...
> 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.
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> 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.
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> HTH,
>
> Mark
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 first hit it with a small file, but that didn't work. After
about 5 minutes with a Qtip and some solution, it popped back to life.
Thanks.
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