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principessa
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 Posted: 04/10/06 - 20:09 Post subject: Battery Leak
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I had AA batteries leak in a graphing calculator here at work. I tossed the batteries but is the calculator still ok to use? There is some residue still in the battery chamber...wasn't gonna go to the trouble of cleaniing it out (what would I use, anyway?) if the calculator is now worthless.
It's a TI84 Silver, so I hope it's salvagable 
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eqchanter
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Location: tennessee
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Posted: 04/10/06 - 20:28 Post subject:
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Alcohol and a cotton swab should be fine. You should have no problems getting it to work unless it was like that for a long time.
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sinrakin
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Posted: 04/10/06 - 20:35 Post subject:
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If they were alkaline batteries, the leakage is probably potassium hydroxide. I'd try a little vinegar to neutralize the the alkali (but don't let it leak into the calculator), and a pencil eraser to rub off any deposits.
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principessa
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Posted: 04/10/06 - 22:06 Post subject:
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Thanks, guys. I will bring in a little of both vinegar and alcohol tomorrow and clean it up 
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Zimzulu
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 07:37 Post subject:
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| principessa wrote: | | Thanks, guys. I will bring in a little of both vinegar and alcohol tomorrow and clean it up |
Vodka or Whiskey?
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Yellow Journalist
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Joined: 20 Oct 2002
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 07:53 Post subject:
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| Zimzulu wrote: | | principessa wrote: | | Thanks, guys. I will bring in a little of both vinegar and alcohol tomorrow and clean it up |
Vodka or Whiskey? |
No be more observant.... She said Vinegar and Alcohol.
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Zimzulu
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 07:58 Post subject:
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| Yellow Journalist wrote: | | Zimzulu wrote: | | principessa wrote: | | Thanks, guys. I will bring in a little of both vinegar and alcohol tomorrow and clean it up |
Vodka or Whiskey? |
No be more observant.... She said Vinegar and Alcohol. |
babhahahah
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kemble
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 08:43 Post subject:
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| Yellow Journalist wrote: | | Zimzulu wrote: | | principessa wrote: | | Thanks, guys. I will bring in a little of both vinegar and alcohol tomorrow and clean it up |
Vodka or Whiskey? |
No be more observant.... She said Vinegar and Alcohol. |
vodka and whiskey aren't alcohols?
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Yellow Journalist
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Joined: 20 Oct 2002
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 08:53 Post subject:
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| kemble wrote: | | Yellow Journalist wrote: | | Zimzulu wrote: | | principessa wrote: | | Thanks, guys. I will bring in a little of both vinegar and alcohol tomorrow and clean it up |
Vodka or Whiskey? |
No be more observant.... She said Vinegar and Alcohol. |
vodka and whiskey aren't alcohols? |
Confused? Im certain she meant rubbing alcohol and not the kinds of alcohol one would drink.
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sinrakin
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 09:10 Post subject:
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No, I think the alchohol was to drink when she realizes that this cleaning b******t is never going to work and she's going to have to buy a new calculator
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Zimzulu
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 09:11 Post subject:
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| Yellow Journalist wrote: | | kemble wrote: | | Yellow Journalist wrote: | | Zimzulu wrote: | | principessa wrote: | | Thanks, guys. I will bring in a little of both vinegar and alcohol tomorrow and clean it up |
Vodka or Whiskey? |
No be more observant.... She said Vinegar and Alcohol. |
vodka and whiskey aren't alcohols? |
Confused? Im certain she meant rubbing alcohol and not the kinds of alcohol one would drink. |
HAVE NO FEAR.....
IS HERE!!!
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kemble
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 09:54 Post subject:
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| Yellow Journalist wrote: | | kemble wrote: | | Yellow Journalist wrote: | | Zimzulu wrote: | | principessa wrote: | | Thanks, guys. I will bring in a little of both vinegar and alcohol tomorrow and clean it up |
Vodka or Whiskey? |
No be more observant.... She said Vinegar and Alcohol. |
vodka and whiskey aren't alcohols? |
Confused? Im certain she meant rubbing alcohol and not the kinds of alcohol one would drink. |
You are fooling no one.
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Xenden
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 15:37 Post subject:
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| kemble wrote: | | Yellow Journalist wrote: | | kemble wrote: | | Yellow Journalist wrote: | | Zimzulu wrote: | | principessa wrote: | | Thanks, guys. I will bring in a little of both vinegar and alcohol tomorrow and clean it up |
Vodka or Whiskey? |
No be more observant.... She said Vinegar and Alcohol. |
vodka and whiskey aren't alcohols? |
Confused? Im certain she meant rubbing alcohol and not the kinds of alcohol one would drink. |
You are fooling no one. |
Oh that Yellow Journalist...
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Ishmael
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 16:47 Post subject:
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| Xenden wrote: | | kemble wrote: | | Yellow Journalist wrote: | | kemble wrote: | | Yellow Journalist wrote: | | Zimzulu wrote: | | principessa wrote: | | Thanks, guys. I will bring in a little of both vinegar and alcohol tomorrow and clean it up |
Vodka or Whiskey? |
No be more observant.... She said Vinegar and Alcohol. |
vodka and whiskey aren't alcohols? |
Confused? Im certain she meant rubbing alcohol and not the kinds of alcohol one would drink. |
You are fooling no one. |
Oh that Yellow Journalist... |
He's getting ripped up today let's cut the guy some slack!
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sinrakin
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 16:53 Post subject:
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So did the cleaning work, or what?
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principessa
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Posted: 04/11/06 - 19:33 Post subject:
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Heh, I forgot to take the stuff with me..I poured it into little containers and stuff and left them on the table as I went out the door. Maybe it was cause I was carrying 200 freaking little bags of Easter candy that I made up over the weekend, complete with a PEEP in each one??
I'm still at work...lots of seniors working on Geometry tonight. Thankfully, I have two math teachers here because I am hard pressed to remember much about the subject :p
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