Modifying the transmitter for better battery contact

[Marc780]

After being bothered by intermittent transmitter performance here is what i did. There are plastic battery divider bits added to the battery bay of the HL transmitter, that separate one battery from another, in the middle of each row. Well in my opinion THESE CAN CAUSE POOR BATTERY CONTACT and transmitter malfunction (whether the light is on, or not!)

As describe above, i figured this must be the case, as when the tank would conk out, i would remove the battery cover, and fiddle with the batteries while watching the tank. Pressing this battery or that one invariably brought the tank back to life.

So i decided to just get rid of those battery dividers as they serve no purpose! I used a dremel. The results are not pretty but the important thing is -i didn't cut too deep and mangle the transmitter. I believe you could do the same thing, with an exacto blade if that is all you have, just chip away at the plastic.

[blimp]

Good tip M , * a bit of scotch tape will stop the flimsy lid dropping off too

[chops]

So is it common for the led, on the (crystal) transmitter tops, to glow red instead of green -using new batteries?
(Mine still has those battery dividers in the back).

N.B. I have an a,b,c transmitter which has the led staying green -with the same batteries placed in it.

[ALPHA]

So is it common for the led, on the (crystal) transmitter tops, to glow red instead of green -using new batteries?
(Mine still has those battery dividers in the back).

N.B. I have an a,b,c transmitter which has the led staying green -with the same batteries placed in it.

GREEN??????????????????????????????? ....none of mine are green... they are all red

ALPHA

[chops]

Must be that red is the new green -on the crystal ones then at least.... urr possibly?