Dead CMOS Battery - NEC Powermate portable

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sun Feb 10 18:36:57 2002

At 03:11 PM 2/10/02 +0000, 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.
>
>Seriously, I thought most 'lithium' cells were actually Li - MnO2. So
>there's noting 'exotic' about them.

  Tony,

   Some (mostly non-consumer type) Lithium batteries use sulfur dioxide in
them. Not the kind of thing that you want to rupture inside your PC (or in
your house!). For the ones of you that aren't familar with the stuff,
sulfur dioxide is nuseating and toxic, and it also reacts with moisture to
form sulfuric acid, INCLUDING the moisture inside your lungs!

  Joe
Received on Sun Feb 10 2002 - 18:36:57 GMT