> Hi > Good that the battery is someway back to live. > >> Hi Giles, >> >> I measured the battery's voltage and it was arround 4 V. I looked the >> battery up on the internet and it said it should be arround 3.7V so it >> seemed ok. > Perfect >> >> I used tape to keep the protection plate on. > Ok >> >> I tried to charge the battery again. Evrything appeared fine. >> >> I tried it on the epuck and the e-puck seemed to work. But there are some >> positions the epuck wont work (ex. I need to insert the positive slightly to >> the left). > It is only a contact problem. Maybe the positive on the battery is a bit > oxidized. Just clean it a bit with a screwdriver. >> >> Also the metal plate on the back is not fixed (the bellow part is ripped >> off). Should I use super glue or something to put it fixed again? Because >> this makes it very hard to put the battery on the epuck without damaging the >> protection plate. > I'm not sure I understand right. Can you send a picture? > The back plate is soldered in 2 points on the pcb and should stay ageist the > plastic wall. You could put a piece of double face tape if the latter is not > the case. > > Let me know if I was able to help you > > Gilles > >> Regards, >> Duarte >> >> 2011/6/8 Gilles Caprari <g.capr...@ieee.org> >> Hi, >> I agree with the previous answer of Michael. >> just another advice. >> if you have other batteries where the plus protection risks to come away, >> put some protection tape before. >> we have some description here: >> http://www.gctronic.com/doc/index.php/E-Puck#Battery_isolation >> >> regards, >> Gilles >> >> >> On 20:59, Duarte Dias wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I had a problem with an epuck the other day: >> >> I was putting the battery on the epuck after a recharge, when the protection >> in the positive pole of the battery was ripped off. This caused a battery >> short circuit, noticed by a suddunly increase of the battery's temperature. >> The epuck seems fine when I inserted another battery. >> >> What I need to know is: >> >> - does the epuck have some kind of protection against this kind of >> situations? >> - Is the battery, who suffered the short circuit, "broken"? should I keep >> using the it? >> - If I can use the battery again, should I glue the positive pole protection >> that was ripped off? What kind of glue should I use? >> >> Thanks in advance for any replies >> >> Regards, >> >> Duarte Dias >> >> -- >> ------------------------ >> Dr. Gilles Caprari >> GCtronic Sagl, Electronics& Mechatronics >> web: www.gctronic.com E-mail: g.capr...@ieee.org >> Post: Via Cassarinetta 2, CH-6900 Lugano, Switzerland >> Tel: +41 91 630 2149 Fax: +41 43 556 8006 >> Mobile: +41 78 601 1113 skype: gillescaprari >> >
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