batteries getting hot

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Discussion in 'Homework Help' started by ibm123, Mar 10, 2010.

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  1. Mar 10, 2010 #1
    ibm123

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    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 ?
     
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  2. Mar 10, 2010 #2
    bertus

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    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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  3. Mar 10, 2010 #3
    hobbyist

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    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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  4. Mar 10, 2010 #4
    beenthere

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    Or the switch is shorting the batteries.
     
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  5. Mar 10, 2010 #5
    ibm123

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    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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  6. Mar 10, 2010 #6
    ibm123

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    stupid me, Beenthere was right :)

    thanks all for the help
     
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