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Re: Switch on Battery box
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 8 May 2003 19:36:10 GMT
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Tobbe Arnesson <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message
news:HEInyJ.56E@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.technic, Pedro Silva writes:
> > In lugnet.technic, Sonnich Jensen writes:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I just bought a 8x4 9V battery box from Lego_bonkers on bricklink.
> > > It is first time I use such one, but I see that the switch is hard to • use, I
> > > have to press hard to get it down, an it is the same to get it up, I • have to
> > > press really hard and in the right angle.
> > > Is this normal?
> >
> > Yes, it is. The switch mechanism works by pressing the button down and
> > slightly forward, in order to lock it in "on" position. To disconnect, • you
> > have to press the button slightly backwards, and then the spring should • lift
> > the button alone.
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> Actually, you don't have to push the button when turning it off, I have • some
> spine-taught method of dragging the button backwards with my nail.
This does not work all the time, mostly I need a nail _under_ it to to force
it up. This is the worst part; when I want to stop it I cannot.
> And my experience is that you don't have to push hard on the button to • lock it
> into place either. Perhaps we have different definitions of "hard" or • perhaps
> you can teach a better way? Dunno.
Just pressing it down is not enough. The lower part seem so "squeeze" it and
I have to press to get the last part down. This is certainly the same
keeping it down.
S
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) It should be spring loaded and pop-up nicely. It sounds like you have a broken one, try to see if there is any traces of damage or likewise around the button region. Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Actually, you don't have to push the button when turning it off, I have some spine-taught method of dragging the button backwards with my nail. And my experience is that you don't have to push hard on the button to lock it into place either. (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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