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Batteries leaked in toy, after 3 days
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Mummyof2boys
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Hiya on Saturday I bought a large pack of AAA batteries from discount uk for 99p. I then used all the batteries to replace the dead ones in my sons toys. Some of the toys only lasted hour, thought it was because they were cheap batteries.
This morn I've gone to replace them. And every single battery has leaked and gone rusty in every toy! The mess inside the toys now. My son had battery fluid on his hands.
Does anybody know where I stand with this?. I'm praying that the toys will work again, some if them are my little boys favourite trains.
Many thanks for reading
This morn I've gone to replace them. And every single battery has leaked and gone rusty in every toy! The mess inside the toys now. My son had battery fluid on his hands.
Does anybody know where I stand with this?. I'm praying that the toys will work again, some if them are my little boys favourite trains.
Many thanks for reading
Thank you to all the posters
:j:T:rotfl::rotfl::T:j
Good luck to all the compers.:T
:j:T:rotfl::rotfl::T:j
Good luck to all the compers.:T
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What type of AAA do the toys advise to use, and what ones did you use in it? (you get different types battery technology)All your base are belong to us.0
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Clean the compartment and contacts with WD40 and an old cloth. Should stop any (further) damage.0
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These are probably alkaline batteries. Because they are from a pound shop, they probably don't have as much charge as other batteries (they are not as cheap as you think!) Alkaline batteries tend to leak, and will leak a lot when fully discharged. That said, the toys shouldn't be damaged (electronically). The corrosion should just wash off.0
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If they are treasured toys then buy a can of electrical contact cleaner rather than WD40. WD40 is a water dispersant (hence the WD) and not a contact cleaner/solvent.0
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and not a contact cleaner/solvent.
Is it not?
Wd40 and it's many clones not only dispel water, they clean, lubricate, protect metal from corrosion . . . and "thousands of other uses around the home, garage, workshop, car and garden etc " suppose that's why it's described as a maintenance spray . . .0 -
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Yeah, used to buy "duck oil" in gallon cans before they got WD40 right.:jIt was the 40th attempt0 -
societys_child wrote: »Yeah, used to buy "duck oil" in gallon cans before they got WD40 right.:j
Not gallon cans, but forty gallon drums I believe... hence the '40'.
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