[Myro-users] Batteries

[Keith O'Hara]

Stubby batteries :-) I had the same trouble last semester.  

I ended up wedging a piece of zip tie behind the the two single 
battery contacts in the scribbler's battery bay. This seemed to
push them out enough to make contact.

-Keith

Jay Summet wrote:
> I remember that some rechargeable batteries are "short" and the nibs
> don't reach far enough into the battery compartment to reach the pads.
> 
> Sometimes this can be fixed by inserting them in a different order (some
> nubs are long enough, and some are not) or by using a piece of tinfoil
> to bridge the gap.
> 
> Jay
> 
> McGill, Monica wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is a problem I did not encounter last semester, but this semester I
>> have a couple of students whose batteries aren't working with the robots.
>>
>> It is the Energizer Rechargeable 2000 mAh batteries. Once we take them out
>> and replace them with other batteries, the robot works just fine.
>>
>> Anyone else experience something like this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Monica
>>
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