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Thread Starter

ibm123

Joined May 13, 2009
17
hello
i build an electronic circuit and i connected it to a switch with a 4 AA battery pack

now all good but when i turn off the switch after few min the battry pack is hot as fire..

i tried to connect a capacitor but it didnt help...

any ideas ?
 
bertus

bertus

Joined Apr 5, 2008
21,039
Hello,

Show us the schematic how you did connect the things.
Without the schematic we can not help you.

Greetings,
Bertus
 
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hobbyist

Joined Aug 10, 2008
887
What BERTUS said:

First when you turn it off, if your able, physically remove the switch entirely.

If it still heats up then your circuit is bypassing the switch somehow.
 
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ibm123

Joined May 13, 2009
17
yeah i think it shorting the batteries... i got 3 pins.. +,-, and the middle one goes to the circuit vdd...

how should i connect it so it wont short them ?
 
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