On Jun 19, 10:37 am, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>
wrote:
> On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
>
> > If the battery is alive and the machine does not start you might try
> > cleaning the battery contacts in the holder. Sometimes just spinning
> > the battery in place is enough to break through the insulating coating
> > whatever it's nature.
>
> And we have a winner!
Apparently, tiny bits of oxidation, or something can build up on
contacts. When my VCR or TV remote stops working, I take the
batteries out, swap their positions, put them back in, and I'm good
for another several months without replacing them. Spinning them
works sometimes too.
Jeff Walther
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