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Drnick:
That doesn't look too bad. Follow the advice and you should be golden. You may want to edit your post as you are linking to the thumbnails rather then the full sized images. You can use IMG width=400 Height=300 in your first image tag to keep the visible images thumbnail size :)
PL1:
Can't tell from the battery compartment photos, but if the battery contacts are pitted or not shiny anymore, you may also want to use a soldering iron, flux and solder to re-tin them for a low-resistance connection to the battery and to block further corrosion.
I had to do that for my good multimeter recently when two of the batteries leaked. :cry:
You may need to take this apart farther than the pictures show to be sure you got all the acid neutralized and removed.
--- Quote from: Drnick on March 27, 2013, 05:29:27 pm ---You can use IMG width=400 Height=300 in your first image tag to keep the visible images thumbnail size :)
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You can also leave off the "height=300" attribute and the board software will automatically adjust to maintain the aspect ratio of the original image.
Scott
z-kun:
Ok, I gave the battery compartment a round of scrubbing with the baking soda mix and an old tooth brush. The dirtiest spring looks a lot better (it's still darker than the cleanest one, but it's shiny again). I kind of didn't focus on the second-dirtiest spring as much as I should have though; it's still got a bit of crap on it so I'm going to give it a second round of clean up.
Also, I looked under the art board to see how far the acid spread, and didn't see very much staining at all (one splat that dribbled near one of the lights), so I gave that a light scrub up, too. (Although now there's more baking soda residue than there ever was battery acid residue! XD I'll have to rinse it better during the second round.)
--- Quote from: PL1 on March 27, 2013, 07:03:19 pm ---Can't tell from the battery compartment photos, but if the battery contacts are pitted or not shiny anymore, you may also want to use a soldering iron, flux and solder to re-tin them for a low-resistance connection to the battery and to block further corrosion.
I had to do that for my good multimeter recently when two of the batteries leaked. :cry:
You may need to take this apart farther than the pictures show to be sure you got all the acid neutralized and removed.
--- Quote from: Drnick on March 27, 2013, 05:29:27 pm ---You can use IMG width=400 Height=300 in your first image tag to keep the visible images thumbnail size :)
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You can also leave off the "height=300" attribute and the board software will automatically adjust to maintain the aspect ratio of the original image.
Scott
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I hope it doesn't come to having to re-tin anything, but thanks for the instructions just in case. :x
--- Quote from: Drnick on March 27, 2013, 05:29:27 pm ---That doesn't look too bad. Follow the advice and you should be golden. You may want to edit your post as you are linking to the thumbnails rather then the full sized images. You can use IMG width=400 Height=300 in your first image tag to keep the visible images thumbnail size :)
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Done. :3 Thank you.
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