Checked your batteries recently?

[Dex-Jay]

Me - "Got the keys to the head?"
Owner - "Oh, lost those..."
Me - "OK, drill it is.... " (Opens head, removes backglass and finds)



Owner "Oh, there's batteries in it..."

Batteries installed in Dec, 2004. Still it works and could have been worse. The corrosion rusted 2 of the batteries to the holders. Yikes.

 

[Calimori]

Yikes.
They were lucky.

 

[M4carp]

Maybe a custom message would be a good idea on the dmd to change batteries by for some people.
Got away with that one though!

 

[Moonraker]

Yeah lucky, could have been like this https://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/oops.48994/

 

[Dex-Jay]

Yeah lucky, could have been like this https://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/oops.48994/

Y'know I just knew that was a link to a picture of fluffy-ness!

I don't think there's any damage off hand. When that alkali starts travelling doesn't it make a damn mess? I had a go at fixing a couple during lockdown with "some success".
It's the trace rot that's the problem. You take a glace and say, well, it's obvious what's SNAFU but sometimes what you think is gone isn't. A strong light will show the broken traces and some decent eyesight helps....

There was still a bit of charge in the batteries as well...

Maybe a custom message would be a good idea on the dmd to change batteries by for some people.
Got away with that one though!

A custom message on boot would be a good idea, definitely!

 

[Smraedis]

Haven't seen one of those batteries in a very long time!