Battery corrosion?

Question

My kids have a Pixar electronic video game. It takes 4 AA batteries. It stopped working so I opened it to change the batteries and they had coroded. I removed them and installed new batteries but the machine is not working. Did the corosion kill the machine? Is there some way I am supposed to clean the corosion?

Answer 1

About all you can do is clean the battery connection posts inside the game and replace the batteries. Make sure they are making clean contact. If this doesn't work, it may be beyond repair for most people.

The printed circuit boards have a very thin ribbon of metal that goes from one electronic part to the next. The acid from the batteries tend to eat away this ribbon of metal rendering the unit inoperable. I have had this happen with walkie talkies, and ended up tossing it.

Hopefully cleaning the battery terminals will work.

Answer 2

This is an old chemistry trick that might work, drop baking soda on the area of corosion and gently scrub away. This acts as a base to clean up the acid. If this will not work, nothing will.

Answer 3

The corrosion may have killed the device. I would try taking a sharp knife and try scraping as much of it off as you can and then see what happens. This is a common problem with many devices such as cameras too. I always remove the batteries and keep them with the device for next use. Good luck.

Answer 4

Take some fine grit sandpaper and hit the contacts . (where the battery makes contact to the metal ) If that doesn't work its fried. Good Luck

Answer 5

most likely it has corroded the electrical connections.
you could try opening it up and cleaning it and re soldering the connections.
but most likely it's toast