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Re: Don't use Lithium-Ion batteries
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 3 Aug 1999 21:06:10 GMT
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alex wetmore <alex@phred.org!AvoidSpam!>
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From: Issac Merkle <the_gaff@hotmail.com>
> The more I think about it, it may be a NiMH pack, rather than Li-Ion. I'll
> have to check.
Note that both NiMH and Li-Ion can put out much higher currents then
alkaline cells (alkaline cells have a high internal resistance). Could this
person have shorted across the output somehow? That would probably blow the
motor controller because it would run more current through the controller
then the controller could deal with.
alex
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | RE: Don't use Lithium-Ion batteries
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| Please note that in this particular case, the RCX is reported to still work with the internal batteries. That means the fault is somewhere in the path from the external connector to the main power "bus" within the RCX. Some component that is only (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Don't use Lithium-Ion batteries
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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. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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