"Joe Magiera" wrote in
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So my wife gets my kids a battery operated device for Christmas. It's
some kind of slurpee making machine and a real battery eater. Goes
through 4 C cell batteries in about 4 cans of pop. I'm thinking, hey,
I can hack a 120VAC/6VDC converter that I have lying around up to it
and just have it run right from a wall outlet. Except I'd rather not
hack and ruin the battery connection terminals in the device. Does
anyone have any ideas or know of any parts that I can make a nice
solid non-permanent connection to standard battery connection
terminals (and not ruin the battery connection terminals in the
process)? I'd really rather not make a solder connection on this one,
I'd like it to be able to run on batteries again in the future without
having to give it a major overhaul to convert it back. Any
help/advice appreciated. Thanks,
Joe (joemagiera at ameritech dot net)
Cut some dowels of a similar diameter of the cells,and use a screw and
washer in the end to connect to your external DC source.
You may need to make a notch in any battery compartment cover for the
cable.
--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net