Battery Box 8881 not providing enough power I bought a used 8881 battery box. It doesn't appear to work with anything. When I test it with a multimeter, I only get a voltage reading of ~0.5V.
I tested each of the batteries, they each come out ~1.6V (as I'd expect from a AA battery).
It may be that I'm not using the multimeter as intended, and that both the lights and the motor I'm using to test this are broken, but it seems more likely that there's a problem with the battery box.
Any thoughts on what the problem might be?
In case anyone else has this issue - cleaning corrosion off of the connections solved the problem!
To clean the contacts, I used white vinegar applied with a cotton-swab/cue-tip. I dried it off with a dry one, left it for about half an hour, and after that it worked perfectly. I watched this video to be sure there wasn't anything I needed to do that I was missing.