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Re: 161- it' s dead :(
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 22 Aug 2000 07:35:08 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Wessel Burgers writes:
> Hi all,
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> I just dug up my old 181 train set from the attic and was very displeased to
> find that the battery box -a.k.a. #161- does not work anymore. I tested the
> 181 4.5V motor, it runs fine. I tried to find out what was wrong with the
> battery box but it was hard to see what was wrong, especially because you can
> only take the lid of the box. I figure (some of) the contacts are worn out.
> Does anyone have experience with this and knows how to fix this problem?
> Please let me know.
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> thanx,
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> Wessel
Just try to clean the contacts and use the sideswitch and bottomswitch each a
few dozens time. Maybe its just a smaller problem of corrosion....
Ben
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 | | Re: 161- it' s dead :(
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| (...) Thanks, will try that, any hints for a good anti-corrosive? I'm not sure what the contacts are made of. Looks like some copper alloy, but then again that may be because of the corrosion :) -Wessel (26 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 161- it' s dead :(
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| Hi all, I just dug up my old 181 train set from the attic and was very displeased to find that the battery box -a.k.a. #161- does not work anymore. I tested the 181 4.5V motor, it runs fine. I tried to find out what was wrong with the battery box (...) (26 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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