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Re: RCX battery cover
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 2 Aug 1999 13:25:15 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Marty) writes:
> I noticed that the battery cover on the bottom of my RCX is really
> loose. So loose that I wouldn't risk holding the thing upside down by
> the cover (since i'm afraid it would come off). Has anyone else noticed
> this?
Yeah, you pretty much have to make sure your design holds the battery cover on,
for example by having beams both underneath and on top of the RCX, held
together with vertical beams and connector pegs. This can be a bit of a
challenge if you also want to be able to change the batteries easily without
taking half the robot apart in the process.
Has anyone considered the idea of using a seperate 9V battery pack to power the
RCX? You'd have to rig up a custom cable with a lego connector on one end and
an "AC adapter" connector on the other end, and you'd have to leave the battery
pack's switch turned on all the time to avoid losing the programs in the RCX
memory. But, it would make design more flexible because you'd then be able to
locate the batteries anywhere that's convenient.
- Robert Munafo
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: RCX battery cover
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| Robert, it would also make the robot a lot lighter because u don't have to hold those 6 AA's in the rcx. Michael Aaron (...) (26 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Don't use Lithium Ion (was Re: RCX battery cover)
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| Someone sent me an e-mail reply saying that they had used an external Lithium Ion battery pack to power their RCX, and that after a few days of use the RCX appeared to stop working, then they discovered that it only worked with internal batteries. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX battery cover
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| I noticed that the battery cover on the bottom of my RCX is really loose. So loose that I wouldn't risk holding the thing upside down by the cover (since i'm afraid it would come off). Has anyone else noticed this? Marty. -- Did you check the web (...) (26 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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