Dead CMOS Battery - NEC Powermate portable

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sun Feb 10 18:26:48 2002

At 02:08 PM 2/10/02 -0800, you wrote:
>> >
>> > It is, perhaps, a stupid question; and I'm familiar with 3 volt
lithiums. What I'm attempting to get at, more precisely, is
>there
>> > anything special about the Mn02-Li's that I need to know about?
>>
>> YEs, don't recharge them. They _will_ explode.
>>
>Thanks. I thought the difference, if there were one, might be that the
MnO2s were the rechargeable type.

  There are SOME types of lithium batteries that can be recharged but I
don't think any of the common consumer type Lithium batteries can. I THINK
the rechargeable ones are also 3.6 volt so they're not suitable for what
you need anyway.

    Joe
Received on Sun Feb 10 2002 - 18:26:48 GMT