Speaking of leaking batteries and corrosion...That is what happened to my new talking multi-meter. I cleaned up the corrosion and replaced the batteries with new ones but the meter will not talk. I then removed the screws holding the meter together and found a fuse inside. I replaced it and still the meter does not talk. I have to order another meter now and you can bet that I will remove the batteries now after I use it. Too bad the battery compartment doesn't just slide open, it would make things easier.
----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh To: Handyman-Blind Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 00:17 Subject: [BlindHandyMan] batteries have leaked and corroded A while back my daughter purchased a mp3 player. It sat around and this afternoon I loaded it with some music for my grandson. After it was loaded it would not play. When we opened the battery compartment an ugly surprise, the battery leaked. I found this advice on the net. Will try it tomorrow. Clean battery contacts. You can use an eraser on the end of a pencil to clean and polish battery contacts. If batteries have leaked and corroded, try using ammonia on a cotton swab to clean the contacts first, then polish them with an eraser. Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
