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Re: Pure Energy & the RCX
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:49:42 GMT
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The WordMeister <dwilcox@wordsmithdigital.%AntiSpam%com>
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Hmmm. Two things:
(1) I can usually identify a bad battery in the set because it will not
charge (the charging light/LED stays on forever), but this is obviously not
always true.
(2) It would be _really_ easy to rig up an external power pack. I, too, have
found the battery replacement in certain models a bit tricky.
--Doug Wilcox
-----Original Message-----
From: J G Gregory <jgg@ultranet.com>
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: Pure Energy & the RCX
> I fully concur. They seem to work well initially, but managing a set of
> them is fraught with peril. It wouldn't be so bad if there was a "bad
> battery" tester. But there isn't. So some freak battery that isn't • cutting
> it gets in your pack, and you can't find it. But the pack won't work as a
> set for long. There is no way to find the bad one. I even made a single
> battery tester consisting of a motor that would run on 1.5 v, and I still
> had a hard time.
>
> It is really too bad. I think the battery industry is very "bad" in
> general, and try to keep competitors out. So you hear all sorts of FUD • when
> a new thing comes along, and there is the usual attempts to keep • competitors
> off shelves.
>
> But here is the real question: Why didn't LEGO make the batteries separate
> from the RCX? Changing batts in a built-up creation is a nightmare. We
> should be able to have a battery pack and just swap it. Then we could make
> a 7-cell NiCd pack to replace the 6 (8.4v vs 9.0) in the RCX, and we could
> have several. I am actually surprised that more people don't discuss this,
> and LEGO doesn't recognize the flexibility such modularity would have. Of
> course, they would need to have some kind of female connector.
>
> --Jack Gregory
>
> Kevin Maynes <ERASETHISBITkmaynes@powersurfr.com> wrote in message
> news:FLC2Jz.IKJ@lugnet.com...
> > Regarding Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries:
> >
> > DON'T USE THEM DON'T USE THEM DON'T USE THEM DON'T USE THEM
>
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