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RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 21 Oct 1999 08:20:29 GMT
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S. Crawshaw <sc10003@&IHateSpam&eng.cam.ac.uk>
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On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Jeffrey Hazen wrote:
> My stumbling block last night was finding the right tube....does anyone
> remember the "dummy" cells that you used with the old NiCads. One of those
> would be perfect. Anyhow, the LS7809 fits easily within the width of a AA
> cell, add the adaptor of choice, and drill a 0.187 hole thru one of the
> studs on the bottom of the battery case (has anyone else noticed how well a
> drilled hollow stud fits a 1 3/4 LED?) in the right location, and you're
> done. If I had the right part for the tube, I'd have one done.
You could get a battery adaptor, that is, a device for putting AAA
batteries where AA batteries should go. They're available easily here in
the UK - Maplins for example.
The only irritation I see is that you'll need 6 of them; 5 of which will
be effectively doing nothing expect shorting their contacts (in order to
complete the circuit!) Still, it beats having to keep a large stock of
charged AA batteries around ;-)
Stuart
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 | | RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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| (...) Ummmm, you could buy 2, put one on either end of the battery compartment ann run a wire between them, right? Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Wot no RCX power connector?
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| Doug Wrote: (...) SNIP (...) SNIP I was thinking about this last night. It would be very easy to build a dummy battery, using a 7809 voltage regulator, diode bridge on the input, and a shell to put it in. My stumbling block last night was finding (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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