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It looked like such a great possible buy -the sort of thing Larry would be interested in -but then I read that the battery compartment had corrosion & batteries no longer work.
It looked like such a great possible buy -the sort of thing Larry would be interested in -but then I read that the battery compartment had corrosion & batteries no longer work.
Possibly Fixable, but...Regards,
Dave
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Good Catch Dave
I totally missed that
Sweet and Sour Regards
Steve
Actually it can be a huge problem. My other hobby is vintage radios and I've seen many radios with severe damage from leaked batteries. One unit had very little leakage, the battery contacts were perfectly clean as the batteries leaked in the middle where AA meets AA. Many months later the radio had defects. The fumes alone that that had leaked from the batteries damaged the delicate circuit traces and began to spread like a cancer. A unit may work for months or years but that does not mean that the insides are not getting eaten inside out. Many times the damage is not even visible. The damage can be crawling inside wires or circuit traces, increasing resistance, wearing out parts prematurely and "eating" copper. To me, battery corrosion is always a big deal.
Larry wrote:
SirDave wrote:but then I read that the battery compartment had corrosion & batteries no longer work.
As long as the game works on power adaptor there should'nt be any real
problem. Just a bad connection somewhere.
Yes I would be interested normally, but I got one of these a few
months back. Now I want an Excel Mach4...rare as hen's teeth.
L